rjc@maui.cs.ucla.edu (03/20/89)
Thanks for the explaination (`return;' not `return tmp;').
I would like to suggest/request a little more functionality with named
return values. Specifically, it would be nice if the parameter names
of the function were visible to the return value declaration. I would
like to say:
struct A { ... A(int x); ... };
A foo(int i) return tmp(i);
{
// do stuff to tmp
return;
}
rather than:
struct A { ... A(int x); ... };
A foo(int i) return tmp(-1);
{
tmp = i; // tmp = A(i)
// do stuff to tmp
return;
}
In general, this will save a constructor/destructor pair whenever the
return value is initialized based on the actual arguments that are
passed to the function.
I have not thought this idea through completely, so there may be good
reasons not to do this. For me, this would be a big win.
Thanks,
rob collins (rjc@cs.ucla.edu)
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