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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY
	autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,75a8a3664688f227
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-10 14:14:33 PST
Path: 
 supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!nntp1.njy.teleglobe.net!teleglobe.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail
From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:57:38 GMT
Organization: Deja.com
Message-ID: <93ilsb$jdf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
References: <Zmt56.57012$ca6.937797@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>
 <86itno316m.fsf@acm.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14
X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Jan 10 21:57:38 2001 GMT
X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U)
X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x57.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14
X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar
Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3882
Date: 2001-01-10T21:57:38+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In article <86itno316m.fsf@acm.org>,
  Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org> wrote:

> if your compiler uses by copy passing
> for integer, you'll probably get a program_error, because the
> generated code for exiting P will set X with an unitialized
> stack value (the place reserved for the Y value).

All compilers MUST pass integers by copy, there is no choice.



Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/