Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!hacgate!atr-15!bbard From: bbard@atr-15.hac.com (Bryce Bardin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Stylistic question: returning strings vs. pointers to strings Message-ID: <7561@hacgate.scg.hac.com> Date: 9 Mar 90 03:16:42 GMT References: <10968@june.cs.washington.edu> <920019@hpclapd.HP.COM> <1990Mar8.141421.27352@planck.uucp> Sender: news@hacgate.scg.hac.com Reply-To: bbardatr@atr-15.UUCP (Bryce Bardin) Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., Ground Systems Group, Fullerton, CA Lines: 8 Come on, guys! It should be: package COMMAND_LINE is function NARGS return Natural; function ARG (Index : in Positive) return String; end COMMAND_LINE;