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Hello, Currently, calling an Ada function that takes an array does not work. Let's take an example that uses a String: (gdb) call call_me ("bonjour") Invalid cast. The problem in our case is that there are many different possible representations for an array, and the representation that is passed during the function call does not match what the function expects. So we try a conversion and kaboum! Because the conversion is so Ada specific (conversion from one form of array to another), the conversion needs to be performed by the Ada language. The attached patch adds a call to ada_convert_actuals() inside call_function_by_hand when doing the call in Ada. We need to do the conversion there rather than ahead of calling call_function_ by_hand because some conversions need to allocate some memory in the inferior, and we do it in the stack area that this function sets up. 2008-01-08 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * infcall.c: #include "ada-lang.h". (call_function_by_hand): Add post processing of function arguments for Ada function calls. * Makefile.in (infcall.o): Update dependencies. I was able to write a testcase that reproduces the problem: 2008-01-08 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * gdb.ada/arrayparam: New test program. * gdb.ada/arrayparam.exp: New testcase. Tested on x86-linux, no regression. OK to commit? Thanks, -- Joel
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