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"chris.danx" <chris.danx@ntlworld.com> writes:

> What are the stream elements in this case?

Stream_Element is declared at RM-13.13.1(4).  You have to look at your
compiler's documentation to see for sure what it is.

But in practise, it's almost always an 8-bit byte ("octet").
I.e., type Stream_Element is mod 2**8;

- Bob