(j3.2006) Materials for 199

[Bill Long]

On 9/18/12 1:09 PM, Van Snyder wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 12:30 +0900, Malcolm Cohen wrote:
>>
>>> ... describe yet another scheme to cope with the
>>> problem of integrating kind type parameters with type bound procedures
>>> at meeting 199,
>>
>> They are already integrated.  Given the popularity of PDTs with vendors and
>> users, we should not be thinking of doing anything more with them at this stage
>> in my opinion.
>
> They are not integrated.  One can declare an object of a type using kind
> type parameters that are not supported by its type-bound procedures.
> There is no standard-conforming portable way around this.
>
>> Unless this is "another
>> scheme" that is really**7 simple, we should not be thinking about it.  We can
>> start  thinking about "wart identification and removal".
>
> The scheme I'd like to propose is simpler than parameterized modules or
> macros.  The problem between kind type parameters and type-bound

But this is a new feature of significant size, and for the next revision 
of the base standard, not for the new TS.  Certainly not on the agenda 
for 199.

Cheers,
Bill


> procedures isn't a wart.  Is it OK to excise tumors in the next
> revision, or are we only allowed to identify warts and pop pimples?
>
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