From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: How do I get this to work??
Date: 1999/01/18
Date: 1999-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <77vosc$u59$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sYyo2.8309$Kg6.62453@news2.telusplanet.net
In article <sYyo2.8309$Kg6.62453@news2.telusplanet.net>,
warwicks@telusplanet.net (Chris Warwick) wrote:
> In article <m3btjzipgf.fsf@mheaney.ni.net>, Matthew Heaney
<matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:
>
> >The moral of the story is that, in general, when you have a choice,
> >don't manipulate references ("pointers") directly. The language
> >mandates the argument passing mechanism (by val vs by ref) for types
> >passed to a subprogram having a C convention, so the idea is to let the
> >compiler generate the reference ("address") automatically.
>
> I agree with this, but I am finding it difficult to use the Object features of
> Ada 95 without using pointers. This situation can up, because the compiler I
> am using refuses to pass anything by value, and I am stuck with pointers
> passed through the interface code.
A lot of the nifty new class-wide programming features require pointers as
well.
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-04 0:00 How do I get this to work?? Chris Warwick
1999-01-05 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-05 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-05 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-01-05 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-06 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-07 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-07 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-10 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-10 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-10 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-07 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-07 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-07 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-09 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-09 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-16 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-16 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-18 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-16 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-16 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-16 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-18 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-18 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-01-19 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-19 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-01-19 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-01-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-20 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-01-20 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Chris Warwick
1999-01-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-01-18 0:00 ` dennison [this message]
1999-01-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-01-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-07 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-01-08 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-06 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-06 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-22 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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