From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pchapin@sover.net>
Subject: Re: Lack of formal syntax undermines Ada
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:43:33 -0400
Date: 2008-04-12T14:43:33-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <480102d3$0$19814$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b86Mj.2533$h75.509@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>
Gary Scott wrote:
> Sorry, non-Ada nube type question: How is inter-language calling of
> functions that do allow inout and out arguments handled (say calling a C
> API)?
In the case of C, anyway, there are only the (rough) equivalent of in
parameters. C simulates all other modes using pointers. In Ada one could
pass an access value to a function and perform the same simulations.
Peter
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2008-04-11 9:41 Lack of formal syntax undermines Ada usenet
2008-04-11 11:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2008-04-15 12:57 ` usenet
2008-04-16 2:26 ` Peter C. Chapin
2008-04-16 3:14 ` Eric Hughes
2008-04-17 6:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-04-11 17:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-04-11 18:13 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-11 21:25 ` John McCabe
2008-04-11 21:45 ` Robert A Duff
2008-04-11 22:37 ` John McCabe
2008-04-11 23:08 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-12 7:16 ` Dirk Craeynest
2008-04-14 7:23 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2008-04-12 12:57 ` Robert A Duff
2008-04-12 15:06 ` (see below)
2008-04-12 16:25 ` John McCabe
2008-04-12 17:55 ` (see below)
2008-04-12 22:19 ` John McCabe
2008-04-13 1:13 ` (see below)
2008-04-13 11:51 ` John McCabe
2008-04-13 14:13 ` (see below)
2008-04-13 19:34 ` John McCabe
2008-04-13 20:51 ` (see below)
2008-04-13 21:06 ` John McCabe
2008-04-12 17:16 ` Gary Scott
2008-04-12 18:43 ` Peter C. Chapin [this message]
2008-04-12 19:16 ` Gary Scott
2008-04-12 20:04 ` Robert A Duff
2008-04-12 23:32 ` Gary Scott
2008-04-13 1:16 ` Robert A Duff
2008-04-12 20:02 ` Robert A Duff
2008-04-12 20:52 ` Pascal Obry
2008-04-13 22:01 ` Florian Weimer
2008-04-13 9:46 ` anon
2008-04-15 13:22 ` usenet
2008-04-15 16:08 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-13 22:04 ` Florian Weimer
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