From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: actual for variable name must be variable compiler error
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:50:17 -0700
Date: 2014-09-28T19:50:17-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m0ahd9$npe$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ccf9dd3c-c956-4ff7-bc63-2e7c3df91e2d@googlegroups.com>
On 09/28/2014 05:48 PM, Stribor40 wrote:
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> procedure myFunction (a: in out INTEGER) is
Do you also have a function Myprocedure?
> myFunction(5) this gives me error that actual must be variable
> myFunction(SomeOtherVariable) compiles fine
"in" means the subprogram reads the parameter; "out", that it assigns to the
parameter; and "in out" that it does both. You can only assign to a variable.
Certainly not to a numeric literal.
--
Jeff Carter
"I wave my private parts at your aunties."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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2014-09-29 0:48 actual for variable name must be variable compiler error Stribor40
2014-09-29 2:50 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2014-09-29 10:39 ` Brian Drummond
2014-09-29 19:37 ` Simon Clubley
2014-09-29 21:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-09-30 0:27 ` Simon Clubley
2014-09-30 12:09 ` Peter Chapin
2014-09-30 13:17 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-09-30 19:48 ` Simon Clubley
2014-09-30 14:47 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-09-29 14:27 ` Denis McMahon
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