Pointers/lvalues

In my opinion call-by-reference can be very nice sometimes, mostly in cases where you need to return multiple values. I do of course know that you can return an array and all that, but it's really rather clunky, and quite fragile (return the wrong size array...).

/ David Hedbor

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2003-04-16 03:07: Subject: Pointers/lvalues

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What would you primarily use pointers for?

 Multiple return values?
 Call-by-reference?
 Iteration?
 Something else?

I personally don't like laying down in the path of progress, (especially if it's moving very fast) but I think pointers would be a step backwards for Pike. However, I will reserve final judgement until I figure out what it's good for. God knows I've implemented a few dubious things in Pike. :)

/ Fredrik (Naranek) Hubinette (Real Build Master)