Re: SunAda question

[cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.s ura.net!source.asset.com!shilling@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Shillington)]

> ...
>Note that the function has an argument that's an address - that's the
>key here. Some might argue that it's bad form to putz around modifying 
>what are considered in many circles to be "in" only parameters, ...

Arghhh.  The failure here is in the specification of the binding.  Yes,
it is indeed a valid binding to a U**X call; however the author forgot
an important bit of the associated Ada syntax, to wit:

-- This function takes an address as a parameter, which the underlying C
-- system software will replace with the current hostname.  The result
-- of the function will indicate ....

Ada may be self documenting (I document it myself), however bindings to
other languages are not.

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