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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Endianness independance
Date: 04 Mar 2003 12:50:41 -0500
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Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:

> You can make this system independent by using
> System.Default_Bit_Order, which, thanks to an AI (I don't remember
> which, but you can look it up) is static.

What do you mean by "system independent"? This code is already
portable without change across targets that differ in endianness;
that's whay I mean by "system independent".

Exactly how would I use System.Default_Bit_Order for this purpose?

I can check that System.Default_Bit_Order has a particular value, and
only provide a rep clause that is correct for that value. But I don't
see how to use System.Default_Bit_Order in the rep clause; it does not
provide enough information.

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-- Stephe