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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Not null feature with anonymous and named access types
Date: 17 Jun 2006 10:25:36 -0400
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> (But the important use of "not null" is in passing parameters.)

Yes.  And function results.

Too bad we couldn't make "not null" be the default...

- Bob