On Fri, 2 May 2003 15:02:32 +1200 (NZST), "Richard A. O'Keefe"
<ok at cs.otago.ac.nz> wrote:

> (3) Do the Scheme thing, use a block.
> 
>     SomeClass>>multivalueMethod: resultBlock
>         ...
>         ^resultBlock value: x value: y value: z
> 
>     This is accessed like
> 	foo multivalueMethod: [:x :y :z | a := x. b := y. c := z].
> 
>     The thing I like about this approach is that while there still
>     _is_ an object being created (the new Block) it doesn't _feel_
>     like an object.  I'm not _doing_ anything to pick the result
>     apart, I'm _given_ the result pieces.

The other nice thing about this approach, is that the result pieces are
*named*, which is why I don't like using Arrays for that purpose.

Later,
Jon

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