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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GNAT parameter passing, C-style?
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:27:26 +0000
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:08:27 +0000, Luke A. Guest wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:03:19 -0500, Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
>> Luke A. Guest wrote:
>>> It's not a misunderstanding, it's part of the C standard spec
>> 
>> What is "the C standard spec"? It's definitely not the C standard,
>> which is much too high-level to talk about parameter passing mechanisms.
>> But it may be part of many platform ABIs.
> 
> Just going by the K&R book. As I remember it, it's in there.

Just checked in there, but couldn't see it. Can't remember where I saw it
then. Maybe it was a compiler book?

Luke.