From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: Getting modular type size in bits
Date: 14 Mar 2003 10:41:44 -0500
Date: 2003-03-14T10:41:44-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccllziymyv.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: MPG.18dc0d98f36ac6bb9896b9@News.CIS.DFN.DE
Jano <402450@cepsz.unizar.es> writes:
> type Number is Mod 2**32;
>
> I want to know that the type size is 5. I'm aware of the 'modulus
> attribute, and 'size. If I understand correctly, 'size returns the size
> allocated by the compiler for the type (normally 8 in this case), not
> the _minimum_ size to allocate it (which is what I would need in that
> case).
'Size returns the minimum -- i.e. how big it would be if it were a
component of a packed record. That's 32 in this case. If it were
"mod 2**5", then Number'Size would be 5, not 8.
- Bob
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2003-03-14 15:03 Getting modular type size in bits Jano
2003-03-14 15:41 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2003-03-14 15:48 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-03-14 17:20 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-14 21:05 ` Jano
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