From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bffcdbd805329ff8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-31 06:44:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!news-in.superfeed.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: Subject: Re: compile time Least Common Multiple, was Re: Ada and Internet stuff Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:43:57 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:43:57 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12606 Date: 2001-08-31T13:43:57+00:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@acm.org says... >Problem: Given that Stream_Element'size is not necessarily 8 bits, >but can be assumed to be no greater than 128 bits, declare a >Stream_Element_Array subtype that is the shortest possible, but >a multiple of 24 bits. Why are you doing that, though? What you would generally want to figure out with a stream is the minimum number of stream elements that will be required to cover your data object's 'size. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com