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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: CONSTRAINT_ERROR - why?
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Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@t-online.de> writes:

> So could it be a way if I define a function "/" (a, b : Integer) return
> BYTE within my code? Or wouldn`t it be used?

Probably both "/" operators would be directly visible,
so it would be ambiguous.  What's wrong with this:

    X.Struct_Length := BYTE(Integer'(Fac_Conf_Struct'Size / 8));

or perhaps:

    X.Struct_Length := BYTE(Integer'(X'Size / System.Storage_Unit));
    pragma Assert(X.Struct_Length*System.Storage_Unit = X'Size);
    -- Assert that it's an integer number of storage units.

or even:

    generic
        type T is limited private;
    function Size_In_Storage_Elements return BYTE;

    function Size_In_Storage_Elements return BYTE is
        Result: constant BYTE := BYTE(Integer'(T'Size / System.Storage_Unit));
    begin
        pragma Assert(Result*System.Storage_Unit = X'Size);
        return Result;
    end Size_In_Storage_Elements;

- Bob