From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Rules for Representation of Subtypes
Date: 1996/09/26
Date: 1996-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01bbab94$8a542360$228371a5@dhoossr.iquest.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32474889.6EEA@gsde.hso.link.com
Samuel T. Harris <u61783@gsde.hso.link.com> wrote in article
<32474889.6EEA@gsde.hso.link.com>...
> David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote:
> > i.e., write:
> >
> > read (fd, A_Small_Integer'Address, A_Small_Integer'Size /
> > System.Storage_Unit);
> >
>
> More safe (in a general sense) is ...
>
> (A_Small_Integer'Size + System.Storage_Unit - 1) / System.Storage_Unit
>
> ... to handle those rare weird-sized entities with
> involve non-zero remainders to the poster's division.
You're absolutely correct, and I always code it that way. Why I didn't put
it in my posting is probably because I don't desk-check e-mail and
newsgroup postings like I do real code -- with marker in hand and hard
copy.
--
David C. Hoos, Sr.,
http://www.dbhwww.com
http://www.ada95.com
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1996-09-22 0:00 Rules for Representation of Subtypes Matthew Heaney
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Valid Attribute and Unchecked Conversion Matthew Heaney
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-10-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-14 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-14 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Rules for Representation of Subtypes Robert A Duff
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Valid Attribute and Unchecked Conversion George Haddad
1996-10-03 0:00 ` John Herro
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Karl Cooper {46901}
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Rules for Representation of Subtypes Matthew Heaney
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-23 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1996-09-26 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr. [this message]
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-09-28 0:00 Robert Dewar
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-28 0:00 Robert Dewar
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Art Schwarz
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Brian R. Hanson
1996-09-28 0:00 Robert Dewar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-02 0:00 Franco Mazzanti
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-03 0:00 Franco Mazzanti
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-10 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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