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From: cm3bcawp@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk (Al Priest)
Subject: Re: Pragma Import to C "Accept" function?
Date: 1997/03/04
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Date: 1997-03-04T00:00:00+00:00
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Robert Dewar said:
> Al Priest asks

> <<I'm looking for a "nice" way to interface to the C accept function. Given
> it's clash with the reserved word accept, is there a good way to interface
> to the function? Currently the only way I can do it is by writing a C
> function to interface to the accept, and then interfacing to that in my
> Ada program.>>

> No one ever said you must use the same name on the Ada side as on the
> C side. It is often nice to do so, but there are many cases where it
> is not possible (in addition to the reserved word case, consider
> names like _____hello and cases where Hello and hello are different
> functions).

> You just write

>   pragma Import (C, Ada_Name_Of_Function, "C_Name_Of_Function");

> e.g. for your case:

>   pragma Import (C, C_Accept, "accept");

> or somesuch. It would be helpful if you could track down why you had a
> misunderstanding here so that whatever text you are using can be clarified.
> The RM itself seems clear on this point.


Thanks for all the help on this subject, it's working fine now. The reason
the confusion started was that I was using an Ada83 RM, and so no mention
of this technique.

Al
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