When a function requires that more than one value must be returned, what are the advantages of returning one of these values in a paramater versus using a record that contains all the data?
Example: A function needs to return an integer, string, and boolean. Why not just return a record containing an integer, string, and boolean? Advantages of records: Surely records are much more legible code design than parameters. Disadvantages of records: ??? Are paramaters more portable than records, say if you were writing a library (.so or .dll, etc.)? Can a c++ or c program deal with a pascal record? How about speed and performance? _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
