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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Access and alias
Date: 2000/04/09
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In article <K5rH4.445$uE2.158283@news.pacbell.net>,
  tmoran@bix.com wrote:

> So the effect of a pragma import on a function's parameters
> should not be to generate any code, but merely to check that
> the parameters' types are "compatible" between the external
> language and the Ada compiler?

Where do you get that from? There is no requirement in the RM
for such a check, and indeed it would be very annoying, since
obviously for example C is quite capable of handling any
possible Ada parameter at the other end if parameters are
passed in a manner consistent with the ABI.


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