[J3] Default values for optional arguments

[Malcolm Cohen]

No, that was done *in* the Enhanced Interoperability TS, and for good reason, viz OPTIONAL says to pass by reference, while VALUE says to pass by value.

 

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..............Malcolm Cohen, NAG Oxford/Tokyo.

 

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On Thu, 2021-01-21 at 03:55 +0000, Bill Long via J3 wrote:

OPTIONAL and VALUE cannot be specified together for a dummy argument in a  procedure with the BIND attribute. 

 

This was done before the Enhanced Interoperability TS. Is there any excuse to keep it?

 

 

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