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6.3.1 Function Calling

Calling aime coded functions entails procedures that are or may be of application concern. Libraries are herein included with the application.

Call observers are executed.

See Call Observers.

Non reference non scalar function arguments are copied/retained as follows:

• string arguments of the intrinsic string type are copied

  See Of The Intrinsic String Type.

• arguments of the application introduced data types that describe copying/retaining methods are copied/retained via the latter.

  See Data Type Definition.

  See struct x1f4_datatype_type.

No copying/retaining is done for reference parameters.

It is better said that non reference arguments are copied/retained via specific methods, since data types that do not define such methods are not allowed for non reference parameters.