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Article #345Re: Overloading Operators: Extension to Language
From: Pat Terry
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1989 05:35
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1989 05:35
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In Message-ID: <"89-10-03-22:05:28.25*UI0T"@DKAUNI2.BITNET> Koenig writes
> How about an extension to the language which would allow functions to
> return not only predefined types such as integers, reals and so on but
> also records and arrays?
That's supposed to be in already. Certainly will be in the ISO standard.
Some compilres have always had it, others not - usual reason, PIM-2
doesn't discuss it, without saying that records and arrays are wrong either.
> TYPE COMPLEX= RECORD RE,IM:REAL END;
But if you're proposing an extension, why not propose a proper COMPLEX?
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