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From: "David Botton" <dbotton@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Importing a Unix function call
Date: 1998/12/04
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Do you have a piece of sample code to illustrate this?

David Botton

Larry Kilgallen wrote in message <1998Dec4.154225.1@eisner>...
>In article <36683FA3.2512DECF@ndirect.co.uk>, Steve Crowe
<stevecrowe@ndirect.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Using Ada to import a function is easy, but if the function parameter
>> returns
>> a value, how is the Ada error overcome.  As I want the return value as
>> well
>> as the out parameter.  Is there away round this using a pragma?
>
>Use IMPORT_VALUED_PROCEDURE in Gnat or DEC Ada.
>
>Your purpose is exactly why it exists.
>
>Larry Kilgallen