From: Jeff Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Access and alias
Date: 2000/04/07
Date: 2000-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38ED24D9.231AC195@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8ci8ov$t8k$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> In article <38EBBBBE.87C93900@acm.org>,
> jrcarter@acm.org wrote:
> > If you have to pass null, access types (with convention C)
> > work fine.
>
> I would not agree with the word fine, this usage means that
> you end up overusing aliased variables. Acceptable, yes,
> fine, no!
Yes, you end up with aliased variables, but hopefully the C function is
wrapped inside a subprogram that converts between the C types and
application-specific Ada types, so the aliasing is confined to that
subprogram.
--
Jeff Carter
"We burst our pimples at you."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-04 0:00 Access and alias NANCY HEHIR
2000-04-04 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-04 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-04-04 0:00 ` NANCY HEHIR
2000-04-04 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Jeff Carter [this message]
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-06 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-09 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Jack W. Sharer
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Jeffrey D. Cherry
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