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From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re:  Overloading Operators: Extension to Language
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Date: 4 Oct 89 23:30:18 GMT
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>However, I think he's correct not to allow functions to return
>structured values.  In fact, I think he should modify his
>standard parameter passing mechanism to something like:
>
>	PROCEDURE zap(VAR a, b, c: aType;
>		      CON x, y, z: bType);
>

One can simply return records and arrays by specifying them as VAR parameters.
If one really wants to specify usage of a parameter you might as well go to
Ada's paramater mode specification of either: in, out, or inout.

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