Re: structured types & procedures

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From: Joerg Haas
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:28

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Jake,

>PROCEDURE Thingy(Bob:REAL):StructuredType;
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>Whereas the StonyBrook DOS compiler won't let me. I have to do:
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>PROCEDURE Thingy(Bob:REAL;VAR Fred:StructuredType);
>
>Is there a good reason for this?
No, there isn't. PIM doesn't support structured types as returnvalues
of function procedures. But iso says yes to structured returnvalues.
The reason (but not a good ;-)) may be, that StonyBrooks Modula was
PIM orientated and isn't up to date or up to iso.

Joerg.




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