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From: "Nick Roberts" <nick.roberts@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Specifying parameter passing convention and place (register)
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:50:32 +0100
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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:29:08 GMT, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:

> ...
> It seems counterintuitive to associate the parameter
> passing method with a subtype rather than with a formal
> parameter.
>
> What about something like this?
>
>     function Wibble (N: in Integer);
>     for Wibble'Parameter_Passing use ( N => EAX );
>
> Adjust names and syntax to taste.

I agree, and I've outlined a scheme in another post in this thread.

-- 
Nick Roberts