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Article #183Re: Modula2 front end for gcc?
From: Devon E Bowen
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 17:36
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 17:36
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In article <INFO-M2%89071714450923@UCF1VM> Modula2 List <INFO-M2%UCF1VM.bitnet@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
> -Variables of type DESCRIPTOR will be records containing the
>variable's type, location and size. Variables of type RECORD and
>ARRAY will require additional type information. Fields for element
>width and type can be added for ARRAYs. RECORD types can be
>implemented as a linked list of DESCRIPTOR.
This is better if the implementation were modula-2 on both sides,
but the purpose of adding this feature in our case is to link with
C libraries. And C expects parameters to be call by value. So
descriptors are not possible.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bowen From: bowen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Devon E Bowen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Modula2 front end for gcc? Message-ID: <8016@cs.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 18 Jul 89 17:36:55 GMT References: <INFO-M2%89071714450923@UCF1VM> Reply-To: bowen@sunybcs.UUCP (Devon E Bowen) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 17