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From: rk9005@cca.ucsf.edu (Roland McGrath)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The need for D-scussion (was Re: D Wishlist)
Message-ID: <1190@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 88 02:16:26 GMT
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["The need for D-scussion (was Re: D Wishlist)"] - gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>):
} In article <3732@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> tada@athena.mit.edu (Michael Zehr) writes:
} >a function the returns both a % b and a / b at the same time.
} 
} This is the first time I recall in the "D" discussion that an useful
} genuine language feature has been proposed.  All you need now is a
} suitable notation..

How about:
	div_t x = div(a, b);
?

Why add an operator when there's a standard out there requiring
a simple function to do it?
-- 
	Roland McGrath
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