BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR86-125
ENTRY:: January 20, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Functions Returning Values of Dynamic Size
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Sherman, Mark
AUTHOR:: Hisgen, Andy
AUTHOR:: Rosenberg, Jonathan
AUTHOR:: Lamb, David Alex
NOTE:: The 'January' in DATE is an arbitrary placeholder.
DATE:: January 1986
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR86-125.pdf
ABSTRACT::
	Modern programming languages, such as Ada (Ichbiah 80), permit
the definition of functions that return values whose size can not be
determined until the function returns.  This paper discusses five
implementation techniques that can be used to implement this
capability.  Comparisons of the techniques are provided and guidelines
for selecting a particular technique for a compiler are given.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR86-125