summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads')
-rw-r--r--gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads b/gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads
index 07a88c55c3c..76cec4d4e47 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads
+++ b/gcc/ada/exp_ch6.ads
@@ -134,8 +134,11 @@ package Exp_Ch6 is
--
-- For inherently limited types in Ada 2005, True means that calls will
-- actually be build-in-place in all cases. For other types, build-in-place
- -- will be used when possible, but we need to make a copy at the call site
- -- in some cases, notably assignment statements.
+ -- will be used when possible, but we need to make a copy in some
+ -- cases. For example, for "X := F(...);" if F can see X, or if F can
+ -- propagate exceptions, we need to store its result in a temp in general,
+ -- and copy the temp into X. Also, for "return Global_Var;" Global_Var
+ -- needs to be copied into the function result object.
function Is_Build_In_Place_Function (E : Entity_Id) return Boolean;
-- Ada 2005 (AI-318-02): Returns True if E denotes a function, generic