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Subject: Re: GNAT parameter passing, C-style?
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Frank J. Lhota wrote:
> For functions with variable argument lists the "appropriate amount"
 > will vary from call to call.

Cetainly, but the caller always knows how much that is. For a call like
     f(1, 2, 3)
the caller can do (on the COBOL Processor(tm) :-)
     subtract 3 from stack_pointer
     move 1 to stack_pointer[1]
     move 2 to stack_pointer[2]
     move 3 to stack_pointer[3]
     call f
     add 3 to stack_pointer
There's no need at all to process the parmeters from right to left.