The need for D-scussion (was Re: D Wishlist)

[Karl Heuer]

In article <6128 at bellcore.bellcore.com> sjs at spectral.UUCP (Stan Switzer) writes:
>>>a function the returns both a % b and a / b at the same time.
>
>How about:   q = a/b, r = a%b;
>It works, it is clean, and any respectable compiler will do the right thing.

That's fine if you actually have variables a and b, but it's not quite that
simple if they are more general expressions.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint