__fastcall
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The __fastcall calling convention specifies that arguments to functions are to be passed in registers, when possible. The following list shows the implementation of this calling convention.
| Element | Implementation |
| Argument-passing order | The first two DWORD or smaller arguments are passed in ECX and EDX registers; all other arguments are passed right to left. |
| Stack-maintenance responsibility | Called function pops the arguments from the stack. |
| Name-decoration convention | At sign (@) is prefixed to names; an at sign followed by the number of bytes (in decimal) in the parameter list is suffixed to names. |
| Case-translation convention | No case translation performed. |
Note Future compiler versions may use different registers to store parameters.
Using the /Gr compiler option causes each function in the module to compile as fastcall unless the function is declared with a conflicting attribute, or the name of the function is main.
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Example
In the following example, the function named DeleteAggrWrapper is passed arguments in registers:
// Example of the __fastcall keyword
#define FASTCALL __fastcall
void FASTCALL DeleteAggrWrapper(void* pWrapper);