Re: Variable param for non-vararg subr. calls

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From: Jens M Andreasen
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 14:39

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On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Chris Torek wrote:

> In article <4h7560$4gr@solutions.solon.com> you write:
> >I said it couldn't be done? Makes no sense? Maybe I was wrong ...
> 
> No, you were right before.

Sh*t ...

> (The sparc calling convention passes structures specially -- that is,
> the call sequence for an aggregate is different from that for any
> scalar.)
> 
Ok!

Is there a workaround for this? (No, forget it ... We have just bought a 
bunch of them. I'll have a look at it, maybe ..)

> Your code will also fail on MIPS-based systems, among others.
> 

This confuses me a bit since I usually jack into a DecStation having (to 
my knowledge) some Mips inside ?? The sample output was taken from there.

While I'm at it: The code do run on 68k and Intel based systems :-)

> In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Berkeley Software Design Inc

Thanks for your concern // Jens M Andreasen

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