(j3.2006) Public Comment J32036 (Submodules)

[Van Snyder]

On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 16:19 -0700, Michael Ingrassia wrote:

> >As for the third of the "advantages" of submodules, nesting
> >of scopes to any depth, is something that I believe the
> >language shouldn't support.
> 
> Setting a definite limit in nesting depth (looks like 3 would
> handle the examples in ISO/IEC TR 19767:2004(E) ?)
> would promote portability, if as I expect every implementation will have
> some nesting depth which is practically unattainable, just as DO loops
> may not be infinitely nestable.

which has never caused me a problem.  Setting the limit at 3 would have
caused me a problem.

Van