On 08-04-2011 11:25, Vlad Khorsun wrote: >> 08.04.2011 15:42, Vlad Khorsun wrote: >>> Thanks. But, if this is true : "In 64 bit mode, there is only one >>> calling convention for each >>> operating system" then we have no problem with interfaces despite of >>> compiler\language >>> on x64 systems. >> >> Yep, if forget that current FB API, implemented in current fbclient.dll >> use stdcall and >> thus Delphi 64 won't be able to work with it. And if you change this calling >> convention to >> fastcall, all programs that already work with 64-bits client will be broken. > > In Win64 stdcall is the same as thiscall, cdecl, register, fastcall, > anythingelsecall. > > Do you know that all Win32 API declared with stdcall ? Are you going to > say that Delphi > Win64 applications wiil not be able to work with Win32 API at all ? :-D > > There is no problem with calling conventions on x64 systems between > modules by different > compilers as log as all compilers vendors follow the same rules about > fastcall. And it seems > they follow. > If fastcall can handle functions with variable number of arguments, there is no problem then.
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