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From: Andy <andy@nospam.com.tj>
Subject: Re: question about functions
Date: 2000/01/22
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Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> "Pascal LEJEUNE" <pascal.lejeune@matra-transport.fr> writes:
> 
[snipped]
> One alternate approach that is possible in Ada is to pass the result
> as an 'out' parameter :
> 
> procedure f (A, B : in T; C : out T);
> 
> now you can do C'Address.
> 
But this would give the address of the formal parameter which
may not be the address of the actual parameter. Unless T is a
tagged type, isn't the compiler free pass parameters by 
reference or value?
 
Andy