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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Dr Nancy's Sweetie <kilroy@elvis.rowan.edu> writes:

> I'm working on a program which has to take four six-bit hunks of data
> and regroup them into three eight-bit hunks.  

Ok

> My first pass looked like this:
> <snipped>
> 
> This worked, but it seemed a little klunky.  Figuring there ought to
> be a better way, I tried an Unchecked_Conversion:

Please post actual, complete, compilable code. That makes it easier
for us to compile it, add the necessary changes, and post it back.

>       type Six_Bits is mod 2**6;

you probably need a size clause here.

>       type Four_Sixes is array (0..3) of Six_Bits;

and here you need a component size clause, and/or a pragma Pack.

same for Three_Group.

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-- Stephe