(j3.2006) Is 7.2.1.2p1(1) necessary?

[Bill Long]

On Mar 13, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Van Snyder <Van.Snyder at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Sometimes you DO NOT WANT identical types.  If X and Y are both
> unlimited polymorphic, and both of numeric type, you MIGHT WANT to allow
> the same conversion as would be allowed by Table 7.8.  We don't have an
> easy way to do this.  One would need nested SELECT TYPE constructs with
> a total of 25 branches, assuming one only wants to handle one kind of
> integer and two kinds of real and complex.

It seems like not having an easy way to do profoundly stupid things is a positive feature.   And it saves time for implementors if they don?t have to implement such nonsense.

Cheers,
Bill


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