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From: Pat.Terry@p101.f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org (Pat Terry)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re:  Overloading Operators: Extension to Language
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Date: 6 Oct 89 05:35:55 GMT
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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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