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- From: mittle@watson.ibm.com (Josh Mittleman)
- Subject: Re: Return value for the constructors.
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.210209.15023@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:02:09 GMT
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- In article <3462@unisql.UUCP>, nandraj@unisql.UUCP (Nandraj Arni) writes:
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- > Why does C++ not let you have a return value for a constructor?
- > Is there any rationale behind this?
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- Before we answer that question, we should ask what do you want it for? A
- language can't provide every conceivable feature; unless a feature is a
- significant improvement to the language, it is an unnecessary complication.
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