Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!omepd!bobdi From: bobdi@omepd (Bob Dietrich) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Multiple function-values (was: Re: The gaping hole left by var parameters ...) Message-ID: <3506@omepd> Date: 31 May 88 21:40:52 GMT References: <5879@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <3499@omepd> <5915@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <3854@diku.dk> <347@buengc.BU.EDU> Reply-To: bobdi@omepd.UUCP (Bob Dietrich) Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 25 In article <347@buengc.BU.EDU> art@buengc.bu.edu (A. R. Thompson) writes: > [...] Actually, functions that have >structured types as a result type are to become part of the new Pascal >standard due out soon. When? > There is a letter ballot out now on whether to send the latest version of the draft proposed Extended Pascal standard out for public comment. The ballot period ends June 3, and results should be available at the Joint Pascal Committee (JPC) meeting the week of June 13 in Minnesota. Assuming the ballot succeeds, a month or so later the draft will go out for a public comment period of probably 60 days. Any comments received must be resolved, and then the decision made whether or not the resolution caused substantial change, which means going through the cycle again. This will be the second public comment period for the draft. The first comment period generated a couple of inches of comments and responses, but I think we are converging. Extended Pascal won't be a perfect language (name one that is to everyone!), but I think it will be quite useful. Bob Dietrich Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon (503) 696-4400 or 2092(messages x4188,2111) usenet: tektronix!ogcvax!omepd!bobdi or tektronix!psu-cs!omepd!bobdi or ihnp4!verdix!omepd!bobdi