Re: question about functions (bis)

[Philip Anderson <phil.anderson@gecm.com>]

Pascal LEJEUNE wrote:
> 
> function ADD (A, B : in T) return T is
>    tmp : system.address;
> begin
>    << find the address of the result (that's my problem !!) >> and
>    put it in a local variable (tmp)
> 
>    call a procedure which use directly the hardware :
>    proc (a'address, b'address, tmp);
> end ADD;
> 
> So, the problem is quite simple : the type T is a "numerical" type
> on which it is normal to have operators ... but the hardware need
> to have the address of the arguments and the address of the result !!!


Can't you simply write:
 
function ADD (A, B : in T) return T is
   tmp : T;
begin
   -- call a procedure which directly uses the hardware :
   --
   proc (a'address, b'address, tmp'address);
   return tmp;
end ADD;


-- 
hwyl/cheers,
Philip Anderson
Alenia Marconi Systems
Cwmbr�n, Cymru/Wales