(j3.2006) 08-267

[Bill Long]

Aleksandar Donev wrote:
>
> I think this leaves plenty of "reasonable" uses for co-arrays of extensible 
> type, even if it it may not appear too often.
>
>   

I would also note that extensible types do not necessarily imply 
polymorphism.  You can declare an object of the extended type with TYPE 
( ) and not have issues with constraints on polymorphic objects.

Cheers,
Bill
 

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