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From: yair@tybalt.caltech.edu (Yair Zadik)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: different compilers
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Date: 7 Jun 89 09:32:49 GMT
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In article <6590139@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:

>I believe G++ is planning on tracking the "rumered" [sic :-] features of
>2.0.  AT&T seems to have no interest in tracking the "enhanced features"
>of G++ -- like named return variables -- which may or may not be unfortunate.
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What are named return variables and what are they used for?  Could somebody
discuss any other features of G++ which wouldn't be mentioned in the standard
C++ references?

			Yair Zadik

yair@tybalt.caltech.edu