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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:49:27 +0200
Date: 2004-04-10T12:49:27+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c58jg4$2qh7ca$3@ID-77047.news.uni-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87lll4ydj9.fsf@deneb.enyo.de

Florian Weimer wrote:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>> > Can't we fix that one without breaking backwards compatibility?
>> 
>> procedure Has_A_Result (...) return Result;
> 
> Well, this is solution is obviously quite bad because "procedure" and
> "function" are now almost (but not quite) interchangeable.

Isn't an access parameter almost interchangeable with an "in out" parameter?
The word "procedure" tells that there are many results. "Return" tells that
among them there is one dedicated.

>> > Or are politics involved?
>> 
>> I think so. But there also is the problem of evaluation order,
>> though simply ignored for access parameters of functions.
> 
> Does making parameters "in out" really make things considerably worse?

Let me use your argument: what would be the difference between "function"
and "procedure" then?

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de



  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-10 10:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <u4qrv5hwr.fsf@acm.org>
2004-04-08 17:19 ` Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions Alexander E. Kopilovich
     [not found] ` <bRecOT0TxF@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-04-08 23:46   ` Stephen Leake
2004-04-09  9:23     ` Florian Weimer
2004-04-09 10:04       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-09 11:23         ` Martin Krischik
2004-04-09 12:44           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-09 22:48             ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-14 14:40               ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-14 21:20                 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-09 22:47         ` Florian Weimer
2004-04-10 10:49           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2004-04-10 11:11             ` Florian Weimer
2004-04-10 13:26               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-10 20:50                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-11 10:31                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-09 11:27       ` Stephen Leake
2004-04-09 22:46       ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-09 13:12     ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-09 15:48       ` Expressing physical units (Was: Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-04-10 13:07         ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-10 13:52           ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-04-11  2:45             ` Hyman Rosen
2004-04-11 10:14               ` Expressing physical units Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-04-11 16:05                 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-04-12  6:58               ` Expressing physical units (Was: Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions) Russ
2004-04-12 10:29                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-13  6:52                   ` Russ
2004-04-13 10:55                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-14  4:50                       ` Hyman Rosen
2004-04-14  8:49                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-14 16:49                           ` Hyman Rosen
2004-04-15 10:37                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-14  7:10                       ` Russ
2004-04-14  8:53                         ` tmoran
2004-04-14  9:01                           ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-04-14  9:21                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-13  9:53             ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-15 21:27               ` Expressing physical units Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-04-16 11:40                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-09 16:17       ` Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-10  2:28         ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-10  9:46           ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-10 10:49           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-10 15:35             ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-10 21:01               ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-10 21:16               ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-11 13:20                 ` exception parameters Stephen Leake
2004-04-12 10:29                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-13  0:58                     ` Stephen Leake
2004-04-13  1:30                       ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-13  8:04                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-04-11 10:31               ` Reprise: 'in out' parameters for functions Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-12 22:02                 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-13 10:56                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-14 21:12                     ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-15 10:37                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-13  9:30                 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-13 12:00                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-13 22:41                     ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-14  8:49                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-14 15:03                         ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-15 10:37                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-16  0:29                             ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-16 11:36                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-16 19:25                                 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-14 15:57             ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-15  8:04               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-04-10 12:32           ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-14 15:46           ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-16  1:52             ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-16  5:40               ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-16 11:38                 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-16 16:30                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-16 18:38                   ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-16 22:15                     ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-17  1:20                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-17 11:42                         ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-17 14:14                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-16 19:28                   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-04-09 17:09       ` Pascal Obry
2004-04-10  2:37         ` Wojtek Narczynski
     [not found] <u8yh75y33.fsf@acm.org>
2004-04-07 23:54 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
     [not found] ` <WLZI9T09aE@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-04-08  2:21   ` Stephen Leake
2004-04-07 20:31 Stephen Leake
2004-04-08 18:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-08 20:32   ` Randy Brukardt
2005-01-12 15:15     ` okellogg
2005-01-12 20:14       ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-08 23:48   ` Stephen Leake
2004-04-13 14:45 ` Robert I. Eachus
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