(j3.2006) EXTENDS and BIND(C)

[Robert Corbett]

On 05/31/14 14:40, Bill Long wrote:
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> On May 30, 2014, at 10:20 PM, Robert Corbett<robert.corbett at oracle.com>  wrote:
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>> I assume it is because clause 15 was first written as a TR and then integrated
>> into the standard.
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> I don?t recall that being the case.  When I joined we were in the midst of incorporating C interop into F2003, but I don?t recall working from a TR.
>

I was not a member at the time, and I have no knowledge
of how the text came to be.  I thought that the reason
the constraints imposed on other parts of the standard
appeared in Clause 15 instead of near the related
syntax rules was that Clause 15 started as an independent
document.  As it is. I have no idea why the constraints
were not placed near the related syntax rules.

Bob Corbett