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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Free AMD Core Math Library (BLAS/LAPACK) + Ada
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Date: 2012-07-24T16:11:48+01:00
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Ada novice <shai.lesh@gmx.com> writes:

> with no error messages. And testing ./cxbi gives:
>
> $ ./cxbi
> Integer number passing:
> mode: in out in/out
> Ada send:
>           1          1          1
>  Fortran get:
>            1           1           1
>  Fortran send:
>            2           2           2
> Ada recieve:
>           1          2          2
> Ada send:
>          -1         -1         -1
>  Fortran get:
>           -1          -1          -1
>  Fortran send:
>            0           0           0
> Ada recieve:
>          -1          0          0
>
> There are some slight discrepancies in the first and last lines
> between what is sent and what is received. Is this normal?

ISTR there's a comment explaining this at the end of cxbi.adb -
basically, Ada thinks the differing parameters are 'in', so isn't
interested in what the Fortran has set them to (you can get the
equivalent of 'in' parameters in Fortran using 'intents', I think).