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Re:Comparing the Cost of Different Multiple-return Technique... by klipt on Monday December 23, 2013 @03:27PM (#6956343)
> Once you recognize that, you'd probably discover that you'll be able to use the same struct in more other functions

And now you've reinvented (the basic premise of) OOP!

Re:Comparing the Cost of Different Multiple-return Technique... by acqq on Monday December 23, 2013 @04:03PM (#6956498)
I don't see that in "Fundamental features and concepts" of OOP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming#Fun...

Let's stay on topic, talking about C. We'll avoid philosophy and hype and will keep talking about the work being done in C.

Re:Comparing the Cost of Different Multiple-return Technique... by tokenrove on Monday December 23, 2013 @08:35PM (#6957750)
It's the basis of encapsulation, which is on that list.
Re:Comparing the Cost of Different Multiple-return Technique... by acqq on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @03:41AM (#6958747)
This direction of discussion is exactly what I wanted to avoid.