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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: volatile vs aliased
Date: 06 Oct 2005 15:37:47 -0400
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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com> writes:

> Of course, if the C function has both pointer parameters and returns a
> value, access parameters are the only thing available. Is ease of
> interfacing to other languages another pro for allowing out and in out
> parameters for functions, along with making side effects visible?

Yes!  And that argument was brought up during the Ada 9X design.
Apparently, it didn't convince people.

- Bob