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Subject: Re: Overring function and its returned type
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Date: 2012-11-17T05:16:14+01:00
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Le Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:27:37 +0100, Maciej Sobczak  =

<see.my.homepage@gmail.com> a =C3=A9crit:
> An interesting property of Ada, and what makes this issue more difficu=
lt  =

> than in C++ is that Ada supports out parameters, which from the langua=
ge  =

> design point of view should work like return values.

But it is not the same as a returned value. It may be like a return, it =
 =

may be like an update, all depends on what the sub=E2=80=91program do. M=
ay be a  =

`return` mode is an idea=E2=80=A6

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=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity