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Re: Borland Pascal with Objects 7.0

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:12
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In article <PSHUANG.93Jan23132133@freeside.ai.mit.edu> pshuang@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Ping Huang) writes:

>Can somebody who has Borland Pascal 7.0 tell me if the manuals which
>come with it describe the technical details of the compiler output code?

Mostly not.  For example, if you wanted to know which order an expression 
would be evaluated in you'd be out of luck.

>(For example, TP 3.0 manuals described parameter passing conventions on
>the stack, register usage, etc.) 
>I would like to know in particular if
>it has useful details on how it implements calling functions from .DLL's
>from both DOS and Windows code.

Both of those *are* covered.  The entry and exit code for all kinds of 
functions and procedures is described, together with parameter passing 
conventions for all types.

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
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