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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Overlay allowability
Date: 2000/05/03
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"Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com> writes:

> So, when performance and consistency are the requirements,
> make an overlay. If one simply needs to jam one kind of data
> into another, use unchecked_conversion.

Ada 95 allows U_C to return its result by reference.  If the compiler
takes advantage of that permission, then U_C can be just as efficient as
overlays.  So I suggest you measure the speed before taking the above
advice.

- Bob