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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac02560f0af03a21 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-26 10:25:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT parameter passing, C-style? Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:10:11 +0100 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <1083935.L00VuFytUj@linux1.krischik.com> References: <3FEC43B2.5080606@noplace.com> <1072450300.440355@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3FEC4E89.2070804@noplace.com> Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1072462991 03 25991 WE7rG1IrxoG2evo 031226 18:23:11 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: rqhphUZYweTRItFkCm4YwOwmnEadBjzdieHzAP8q5ZWruWFLu+qVrt User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3823 Date: 2003-12-26T18:10:11+01:00 List-Id: Luke A. Guest wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:07:03 +0000, Marin David Condic wrote: > >> We often seem to see this kind of misunderstanding - that someone's >> experience with one specific implementation (or even several common >> implementations) starts becoming "Ada does this..." or "C does that..." > > It's not a misunderstanding, it's part of the C standard spec and > compilers still do it. No. IBM and Microsoft for example went to what you call "Pascal" convention when moving from 16bit to 32bit for OS and Compiler. They only use "C" convention when you explicitly request it. Or when a variable parameter list is used. With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com