[m-dev.] for review: tuples [1]

[Fergus Henderson]

On 01-Aug-2000, Michael Day <mcda at students.cs.mu.oz.au> wrote:
> 
> > Any plans to deprecate the pair/2 type?
> 
> Could perhaps someone skilled in the use of tuples in functional languages
> (Ralph?) say a few words regarding when it is more appropriate to use
> tuples and when to use pair or other similar types?

There's essentially no difference between binary tuples and the `pair'
type, except for the syntax.

A tuple type is similar to an unnamed record type with unnamed fields.
If a type is used in lots of places, it is almost always better to
give it a name.  But if a type is used only briefly, then an unnamed
tuple type may be more appropriate.

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