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Article #1443Re: Compilier Problems
From: Patrick J Draper
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 21:06
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 21:06
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In article <INFO-M2%90120508321696@UCF1VM.BITNET> Modula2 List <INFO-M2%UCF1VM.BITNET@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu> writes:
>The TopSpeed Modula-2 compiler allows structured types to be returned
>as function results. Not all compilers allow this, some only allow
>simple types and pointer types to be returned. Maybe the FST compiler
>is like that. Try returning a pointer to your WordArray instead.
>
>Rob Griffiths
>Computing Department
>The Open University.
FST allows complete structures to be returned through a var parameter.
No pointers are necessary for FST.
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Patrick Draper In times like these it is helpful to
buster.cps.msu.edu remember that there have always been
times like these.
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