I have a C function, whose effective signature is:

  void __stdcall Recls_GetSizeProperty(recls_info_t fileInfo,
recls_filesize_t *size);

recls_info_t is actually a typedef of a pointer to a structure. Hence, the
first argument is 4 bytes.
recls_filesize_t is, in Win32, a FILETIME structure. Hence the second
argument is 4 bytes.

In D, I declared it as

public struct recls_time_t
{
  uint dwLowDateTime;
  uint dwHighDateTime;
};

extern(Windows)
{
  . . .

  private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo, out
recls_filesize_t size);

However, this fails to link. It cannot find _Recls_GetSizeProperty@12 which clearly indicates that the out parameter is by value. If I define it as

extern(Windows)
{
  . . .

  private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo,
recls_filesize_t *size);

It links fine.

This seems more than a little odd. What if the struct is very large?

In fact, why is an out parameter passed by value? And how is the out-ness effected? Very odd.

Please explain.

Matthew

Clarification: the size is not FILETIME. (That's the time!). It's actually a
ulong.

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:bm7hj0$20pq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I have a C function, whose effective signature is:
>
>   void __stdcall Recls_GetSizeProperty(recls_info_t fileInfo,
> recls_filesize_t *size);
>
> recls_info_t is actually a typedef of a pointer to a structure. Hence, the
> first argument is 4 bytes.
> recls_filesize_t is, in Win32, a FILETIME structure. Hence the second
> argument is 4 bytes.
>
> In D, I declared it as
>
> public struct recls_time_t
> {
>   uint dwLowDateTime;
>   uint dwHighDateTime;
> };
>
> extern(Windows)
> {
>   . . .
>
>   private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo, out
> recls_filesize_t size);
>
> However, this fails to link. It cannot find _Recls_GetSizeProperty@12
which
> clearly indicates that the out parameter is by value. If I define it as
>
> extern(Windows)
> {
>   . . .
>
>   private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo,
> recls_filesize_t *size);
>
> It links fine.
>
> This seems more than a little odd. What if the struct is very large?
>
> In fact, why is an out parameter passed by value? And how is the out-ness effected? Very odd.
>
> Please explain.
>
> Matthew
>
>

The struct *is* passed by reference. It's the name mangling generated by the compiler that's wrong.

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:bm7hj0$20pq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I have a C function, whose effective signature is:
>
>   void __stdcall Recls_GetSizeProperty(recls_info_t fileInfo,
> recls_filesize_t *size);
>
> recls_info_t is actually a typedef of a pointer to a structure. Hence, the
> first argument is 4 bytes.
> recls_filesize_t is, in Win32, a FILETIME structure. Hence the second
> argument is 4 bytes.
>
> In D, I declared it as
>
> public struct recls_time_t
> {
>   uint dwLowDateTime;
>   uint dwHighDateTime;
> };
>
> extern(Windows)
> {
>   . . .
>
>   private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo, out
> recls_filesize_t size);
>
> However, this fails to link. It cannot find _Recls_GetSizeProperty@12
which
> clearly indicates that the out parameter is by value. If I define it as
>
> extern(Windows)
> {
>   . . .
>
>   private void  Recls_GetSizeProperty(in recls_info_t fileInfo,
> recls_filesize_t *size);
>
> It links fine.
>
> This seems more than a little odd. What if the struct is very large?
>
> In fact, why is an out parameter passed by value? And how is the out-ness effected? Very odd.
>
> Please explain.
>
> Matthew
>
>