Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gumby.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!gumby!tainter From: tainter@gumby.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: C question Message-ID: <351@gumby.UUCP> Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 21:32:40 EST Article-I.D.: gumby.351 Posted: Sun Apr 21 21:32:40 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Apr-85 02:14:46 EST References: <1617@ut-ngp.UUCP> <259@moncol.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 17 > I don't have the original article handy, but it almost looks like someone > was trying to perform the illegal: > > function p(var i:integer):integer; > > which would be an attempt at declaring a function which returns two values. > I pray that somewhere there isn't a compiler which would accept that. > (Ooh, ick!) > Say what? It is completely legal in Pascal to pass var parameters to a function! I PRAY all pascal compilers out there will accept this!! -Johnathan A. Tainter -- The views expressed are those of GOD and do not reflect on the author.