Re: Compiler error: 'Expect procedure name in procedure call'

["Björn Lundin" <bjorn.lundin.nospam@swipnet.se>]

Bj�rn Lundin wrote:

> Jon wrote:
> 
>> Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
>> news:<usmyhtkji.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>...
>>> j_del_strother@hotmail.com (Jon) writes:
> 
>> Which leads on to my next question...
>> Can you call a function & ignore its return value?  I'm using a lot of
>> Win32 calls, all of which are written as functions rather than
>> procedures, and I'm getting a huge mess of useless temporary variables
>> just to allow me to call the functions.
> 
> Import them as procedures instead :)
> 
>   pragma Import(C, My_Ada_Procedure, My_C_Function);
> 
> in gnat you could use a pragma called something like
>  Import_Valued_Procedure
> 
> /Bj�rn
Should have added that return values are there for a reason,
it's not a good idea to ignore the result...
/Bj�rn