From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how do I pass more than one value out of a function???
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:39:54 -0700
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Andrew Deren wrote:

> TO return several values just use:
> 
> void foo(int& var1, char& var2, etc...)
> 
> and then you call the function with the vars as regular function.
> foo(myInt, myChar);

Most people would suggest you pass pointers.  This makes the code easily
understandable and it's obvious what's being potentially modified and
what's not.

References in C++ were added to facilitate operator overloading, and
became a standard part of the language.  But under normal circumstances
they should be used exceptionally sparingly (except when passing const
references).

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