From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: time of update of new values for out mode parameters Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:42:37 -0500 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <4598be4c-7a4b-4bdd-8fd3-99b943e77823@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:42:37 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="3915"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51078 Date: 2018-03-19T17:42:37-05:00 List-Id: "Mehdi Saada" <00120260a@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4598be4c-7a4b-4bdd-8fd3-99b943e77823@googlegroups.com... > Hi. > > When are new values of out or in out mode parameters written in the actual > variable ? Is it instantaneous as I presume it is with access mode > parameters, > or is it done at the end of the function/procedure/accept statement ? It depends. In well-written code, it shouldn't matter (aliasing being a major cause of problems, so one should only use a single access path in any single subprogram). Randy.