http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=807

           Summary: inout params don't mesh with fpu
           Product: D
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: default_357-line@yahoo.de


http://paste.dprogramming.com/dpdd066k.php

When putting inout real parameters directly on the floating point stack, doing stuff and popping them back, for some reason the parameter doesn't get changed. Verified on win32/mingw-gdc0.21svn and linux/dmd1.0

Update (5 minutes later)
This is beyond odd. I've got an inout variable changing addresses.
Replace the test function in the paste with
void test(inout real r) {
  version(Tango) (new DisplayWriter(Cout))("Before: r is
"c)(cast(int)cast(void*)&r)("\n"c)();
  else writefln("Before: r is ")(cast(void*)(&r));
  asm { fld r; fsin; fstp r; }
  version(Tango) (new DisplayWriter(Cout))("After: r is
"c)(cast(int)cast(void*)&r)("\n"c)();
  else writefln("After: r is ")(cast(void*)(&r));
}
I got the following output: "Before: r is <someaddress>"  "After: r is 0"
Please enlighten me.
Greetings


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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=807


bugzilla@digitalmars.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #1 from bugzilla@digitalmars.com  2007-02-02 03:16 -------
inout parameters are passed by reference, i.e. they are actually a pointer. The sample code is using inline assembler, referencing the inout parameter. So, the inline assembler:

    void foo(inout real r)
    {
        asm
        {   fld r;

is actually loading a *pointer* and treating it as if it were a real.

Inline assembler does exactly what you tell it to do. To make the above work,
use instead:
            mov EAX,r ;
            fld real ptr [EAX] ;

Not a compiler bug.


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