Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!diku!daimi!erja
From: erja@daimi.UUCP (Erik Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Modula II on IBM PC with HALO graphics
Message-ID: <1253@daimi.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 87 13:13:50 GMT
References: <17237@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: erja@daimi.UUCP (Erik Jacobsen)
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Keywords: Modula IBM HALO graphics

jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) asks in <17237@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
> Some questions on Logitec Modula II:
> 
> 1.  Are subranges assigned space appropriately?  In particular,
> does 0..255 occupy only one byte?  

No, subranges occupy the same amount of space as the type they are
a subrange of. E.g. 0..255 will occupy two bytes. You may use a
CHAR or a BYTE, and convert to and from CARDINAL everytime you need
to do some caluculations.