Re: Help to find an error

[Fergus Henderson]

On 21-Jan-2001, zet <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm trying to create xxx(-term) predicate.
> 
> I've write such a code:
> 
> Bool xxx(PlTerm z)
> {
>   PlTerm ter = Mk_Integer(1234);
>   z = ter;
>   return TRUE;
> }
> 
> After succesfull compile, I've started new executable and enter:
> xxx(Z).
> 
> Result was:
> Z = 0
> 
> Can somebody tell me Whats wrong?
> Thanks in advance.

In C, arguments are in general passed by value, not by reference.
So, presuming `PlTerm' is not an array type, the assignment to `z'
just assigns to the local copy.  It has no effect on the caller.
In fact the C compiler may well optimize the assignment away.

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