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: 103376,75a8a3664688f227 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-06 11:55:52 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out References: <937jab$s23$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 19:50:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 978810612 24.20.190.201 (Sat, 06 Jan 2001 11:50:12 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 11:50:12 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3712 Date: 2001-01-06T19:50:12+00:00 List-Id: >>> An out parameter is still taken in. >> No, actually, it is not. >This is false information. Robert is technically correct about that sentence. As noted in the unquoted part of my post, by-reference is an exception. Ada is a language meant to be read by humans, not just compilers, however. Though it may be obvious to a compiler, or a compiler writer, that a particular OUT parameter can be treated as IN OUT, it may be confusing to a human reader, and thus should not be done.