Function calls

[Michiel Helvensteijn]

Bill Baxter wrote:

>> byLine() is a function. It changes the state of stdin. Calling it
>> consecutively will in general result in different return values. If there
>> were two guys: stdin.currentLine (property) and stdin.nextLine(), it
>> would be a different story.
> 
> That's not how it works, I think.
> Just calling byLine() by itself only returns a range struct.
> Consuming things from that range is what changes the state of stdin.

Ah, my bad. I was guessing. Still, returning a handle from a property that
can change the state of the originating object is.. iffy.

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Michiel Helvensteijn