From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9f3d09bde7b33b5d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-11 05:51:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsrout1.ntli.net!news.ntli.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!LF.net!news.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Pass by reference Date: 11 Apr 2004 14:45:27 +0200 Message-ID: <87isg64ra0.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <19b0e504.0404080652.4eab9f80@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: albireo.enyo.de 1081687527 24272 212.9.189.171 (11 Apr 2004 12:45:27 GMT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6974 Date: 2004-04-11T14:45:27+02:00 List-Id: "Steve" writes: > I am only aware of one (obscure) case in Ada where passing by reference > versus passing by value makes a difference. Another (not-so-obscure) case are exceptions. Pass-by-copy parameters retain their values if the subprogram raises an exception. -- Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the following domains: postino.it, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr.