Re: Why properties cannot be used as ref or out arguments

Dean Cleaver <[email protected]> wrote:

> Problem is my variables are of differing types... not that I can tell
> from your code snippet, but It seems they are expected to be the same
> type?

Erlang is dynamically typed. However, more generally, tuples are
structurally typed, and each field can have a separate type - that's
what makes them different to arrays. In statically typed functional
languages, where tuples are common, the type of e.g. ("Barry", "Kelly")
would be (String, String).

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> From: Discussion of development on the .NET platform using any managed
> language [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Skeet
> Sent: Monday, 10 March 2008 22:56
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CLR] Why properties cannot be used as ref or out
> arguments
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> Dean Cleaver wrote:
> > Yeah - getting my head around it now. Sadly, it's not VB I wanted it
> > for.
> >
> > Is a shame- looks like I will have to declare 2 variables, pass them
> in,
> > and then analyse the returned responses to achieve what I want - =
takes
> > the "ideal" 1 line call to about 7 or 8 at least - was trying to
> > encapsulate a call, but it might not be feasible.
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> Sounds like an argument for tuple return types:
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> (FirstNameProperty, LastNameProperty) =3D SplitName(FullName);
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> :)
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> (Can you tell I've been learning Erlang? ;)
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> I've no idea how much work is required either in terms of language
> design or CLR modifications to support this - I suspect it would be
> feasible in "language only" but a lot more elegant with CLR =
integration.
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> Jon
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