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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:ac8:258f:: with SMTP id e15mr16193095qte.241.1579434499488; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:48:19 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7d09:: with SMTP id v9mr13043477otn.338.1579434499182; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:48:19 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!g89no665725qtd.0!news-out.google.com!o19ni182qtr.1!nntp.google.com!g89no665708qtd.0!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:48:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=185.22.143.2; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 185.22.143.2 References: <4b0649b3-aed2-44fd-822f-d6665b9352dd@googlegroups.com> <536e9961-f454-44d9-95a6-aecaaee1addf@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <516be7e3-4be3-4697-adb0-9fbde4d5b7e6@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Creating several types from a base type and conversion From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:48:19 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:57895 Date: 2020-01-19T03:48:18-08:00 List-Id: Am Sonntag, 19. Januar 2020 10:37:21 UTC+1 schrieb Simon Wright: > representation clauses where endianness is involved are a lot more > confusing than shifts and masks. See https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Attributes/%27Bit_Order This is a complete description of how far we can get with endian independence in current Ada. Ada 202x won't change anything in this respect. CKWG