Re: Representation clause in records?

[Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>]

Steven Hovater <nh-ho@mediaone.net> writes:
> The only rep spec I"ve seen is an alignment clause at the beginning
> of the record, e.g. (best I can recall...)
> type foo is record
>    for foo'address use at mod 32;
>    begin
>      blah : integer16;
>      more_blah : integer16;
> end record;

No, the syntax you're thinking of is:

   type Foo is
      record
         Blah      : Integer16;
         More_Blah : Integer16;
      end record;
   for Foo use
      record at mod 4;			-- Storage units, not bits
         Blah      at 0 range 0 .. 15;  -- (the component clauses
         More_Blah at 2 range 0 .. 15;  -- are optional)
      end record;

The alignment clause is within the record representation clause, not
the record type declaration.

(You can also specify the alignment with "for Foo'Alignment use 4;".)

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