(j3.2006) Disassociated array pointer actualargument corresponding to an optional argument of elementalprocedure.

[Malcolm Cohen]

Bill Long writes:
>absent a restriction otherwise it is the logical consequence of the idea that 
>the new forms of an actual argument being not present should be semantically 
>the same as  the actual argument being textually absent.

There is no such idea in the standard or in our minds when we designed the 
feature.  How could it be when it is NOT textually absent!

The idea was that it should be like an absent optional dummy argument in all 
respects.  That differs from textual absence in a number of crucial details.

Cheers,
-- 
................................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.