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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Uninitialized "out" parameters
Date: 1996/07/21
Date: 1996-07-21T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Duwwqn.AD0@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: gauthier-1907961215520001@164.81.60.62


In article <gauthier-1907961215520001@164.81.60.62>,
Michel Gauthier <gauthier@unilim.fr> wrote:
>This problem is harmless here, but can lead to counterintuitive results when
>the type implies initialisation (records, controlled types, access types).
>Intuitively, the actual parameter should be Finalize'd prior to entering the
>subprogram, and re-Initialize'd as part of elaborating the declarative part
>of the subprogram ___Is it the behaviour that results from LRM ?___

No.  Controlled types are always passed by reference.  That is, the
formal is a view of the actual (not a copy of it).  So no finalization
takes place on parameter passing.

The original example used an integer.  The parameter passing rules are
different, depending on what sort of type you have.

- Bob




  reply	other threads:[~1996-07-21  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-07-18  0:00 Uninitialized "out" parameters Paul Whittington
1996-07-18  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19  0:00   ` Peter Amey
1996-07-20  0:00   ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-20  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-21  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-21  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-23  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-23  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-25  0:00               ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-25  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-23  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-24  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-25  0:00                   ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-25  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00                 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-07-25  0:00                 ` Frank Manning
1996-07-25  0:00                   ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-26  0:00                     ` Frank Manning
1996-07-23  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-23  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-24  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-18  0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-18  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19  0:00   ` Pascal Obry
1996-07-19  0:00     ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-19  0:00   ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-07-19  0:00     ` James A. Squire
1996-07-19  0:00       ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-20  0:00       ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-21  0:00         ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-21  0:00           ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-21  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-22  0:00             ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-23  0:00               ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-23  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-25  0:00                   ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-24  0:00                 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-24  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-25  0:00                   ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-19  0:00     ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-19  0:00   ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-07-19  0:00     ` John Herro
1996-07-19  0:00       ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-23  0:00         ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-23  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-19  0:00 ` Michel Gauthier
1996-07-21  0:00   ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-07-19  0:00 ` Peter Amey
1996-07-21  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22  0:00 ` Is 'out' different from 'in out' (Was: Uninitialized "out" parameters) Michel Gauthier
1996-07-22  0:00   ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-22  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-23  0:00 ` Michel Gauthier
1996-07-23  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-24  0:00   ` Pascal Obry
1996-07-25  0:00   ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-23  0:00 ` Uninitialized "out" parameters John Herro
1996-07-23  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00     ` Uninitialized variables, Java example Arra Avakian
1996-07-25  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-25  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-25  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-23  0:00   ` Uninitialized "out" parameters Robert Dewar
1996-07-24  0:00     ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-26  0:00   ` Stephen J Bevan
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00 ` Uninitialized variables, Java example Felaco
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-07-29  0:00 Uninitialized out parameters W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
2016-04-05 12:02 ahlan
2016-04-05 13:17 ` rieachus
2016-04-05 14:07   ` ahlan
2016-04-06  9:45     ` Mark Lorenzen
2016-04-06 21:01       ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-04-07  7:10       ` ahlan
2016-04-05 16:19 ` G.B.
2016-04-06  8:19   ` ahlan
2016-04-06 10:17     ` G.B.
2016-04-06 11:44       ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2016-04-06 20:41         ` Niklas Holsti
2016-04-06 20:54         ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 20:47       ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 21:01         ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 21:22           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-04-07  7:27             ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 11:37 ` AdaMagica
2016-04-06 13:44   ` ahlan
2016-04-06 14:09     ` Mark Lorenzen
2016-04-06 14:10     ` G.B.
2016-04-06 20:53     ` Stefan.Lucks
2016-04-06 21:03       ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 21:12       ` Niklas Holsti
2016-04-06 21:30       ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-07  9:56         ` Stefan.Lucks
2016-04-07 16:08           ` AdaMagica
2016-04-07 23:02             ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-08  7:32               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-04-07  7:52       ` Georg Bauhaus
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