From: "Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Assembly returns...
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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 01:48:05 GMT
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It's documented everywhere and generally frequently mentioned that "DJGPP C
functions return their values in eax"..... this makes sense for many cases.


class huge {
public:
  int f[900];
  bool b[20];
  char g[1048576];
  int foo (void);
}

huge voodoo (bool b) {
  //...
  return my_huge;
}

... so how the hell does THAT fit in eax?? :-)

I suppose objects bigger than 32 bits are implicitly passed by reference using
a pointer in eax, and the temporary is deleted only after receipt of the value
in the caller?


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