(j3.2006) Constraint C835: SELECT TYPE selector must be anamed variable

[Malcolm Cohen]

I wrote:
> I am puzzled as to what is confusing or ambiguous about "named"... but
> then
> we've been using the term "named" to mean "has a name" for many
> decades now...

Van replies:
>For those who haven't been reading the standard for decades, the
>difference between "name" and "identifier" and "designator" might be a
>bit too subtle, at least for a while.

I don't think so.

>It wouldn't hurt, and not take much ink, to define "named variable" to
>be a <variable> for which <designator> is <name>.

Some might disagree.  In fact I believe I already did.

I say again, I don't see any possibility of confusion for the word "named".  It 
is a perfectly ordinary word and is NOT repeat NOT being used in any strange 
technical sense here.

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