Re: multiple outputs in Java

jimbo@radiks.net
13 Dec 2000 15:03:03 -0500

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From: jimbo@radiks.net
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 13 Dec 2000 15:03:03 -0500
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References: 00-12-048
Keywords: Java
Posted-Date: 13 Dec 2000 15:03:03 EST

    fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) wrote:
> One issue that has arisen is that our source language
> allows procedures with multiple output arguments
> (a.k.a. multiple return values). What's the best way
> to compile this to Java?


You might want to return all values as Vectors (java.util.Vector)
or arrays of a particular object type. ( Vector access is
more expensive at run-time than an array. )


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