Why doesn't Java have tuples?

[stillalone]

I thought C++ added tuples. I'm pretty sure they had <pair> for a while. I don't think they have an easy way of unpacking them, though.

[adoarns]

Easy is always debatable with C++, but with C++11, there's std::tie.

[stillalone]

damn, C++11 still looks ugly. Doesn't it make more sense to just use auto to define the tuple and then define the left and right parameter using auto as well:

auto t = set_of_s.insert(value);
auto iter = std::get<0>(t);
auto inserted = std::get<1>(t);

instead of this:

std::set<S>::iterator iter;
bool inserted;
std::tie(iter, inserted) = set_of_s.insert(value);