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Syntax:
pragma C_Pass_By_Copy ([Max_Size =>] static_integer_EXPRESSION);
Normally the default mechanism for passing C convention records to C
convention subprograms is to pass them by reference, as suggested by RM
B.3(69). Use the configuration pragma C_Pass_By_Copy
to change
this default, by requiring that record formal parameters be passed by
copy if all of the following conditions are met:
Max_Size
.
Convention C
.
If these conditions are met the argument is passed by copy; i.e., in a manner consistent with what C expects if the corresponding formal in the C prototype is a struct (rather than a pointer to a struct).
You can also pass records by copy by specifying the convention
C_Pass_By_Copy
for the record type, or by using the extended
Import
and Export
pragmas, which allow specification of
passing mechanisms on a parameter by parameter basis.