From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'address on a subprogram parameter Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:32:06 +0200 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <962020bb-97fc-42c3-8255-8f9b2bcbe204n@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:32:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="547c960cf1afa81c407cf6082b4bd11e"; logging-data="6606"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19bhVutdm71rKZcjPmn2AWHDtF/E9eQjXY=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:+XSK8OoXS6I/UhgX9DGEUJFvnOc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:61865 List-Id: On 4/20/21 5:52 PM, AdaMagica wrote: > You can force pass by ref by adding access to the parameter. I hope you meant to say "aliased", not "access". "Access" does not force pass by reference; it forces pass by copy because access types are always passed by copy. -- Jeff Carter "I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age." Blazing Saddles 88