Re: TUPLE

toto wrote:
> ECMA allows to declare 
> 
>         x: TUPLE[count, balance: INTEGER; name, forname: STRING]
> 
> My question is: "how usefull is it?".

tuples allow:

    1. a number of parameter values to be passed or returned using a
single
       entity

    2. assignment to an entity with fewer parameters.
       For example, defining
           y: TUPLE[c: INTEGER]
       allows the assignment of your x to y as follows:
           y := x

    3. variable length arguments to be handled in a type safe way.
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