Re: General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On 05/07/2020 17:36, Simon Wright wrote:
>> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
>>
>>> On 7/5/20 11:52 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> For the Size, see ARM 13.13.2(2).
>>>>
>>>> 13.13.2(1.2), sorry
>>>
>>> That only works for elementary types. For any type, a better approach
>>> is generic package Ada.Storage_IO, ARM A.9
>>> (http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/rm12_w_tc1/html/RM-A-9.html).
>>
>> As you say, this has the advantage of actually working.
>
> I see no difference. In both cases some kind of type tag need to be
> written and the object's size with it if not derived from the tag.

I was talking about the fact that 'Storage_Size only works for elementary
types.