Scripsit Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> >> > > The Project did not tell us why.
>> > You could ask, you know. > You still can do that, you know, if you actually want the answer. If we just ask, we're probably not going to get an answer. The way to get an answer would be to propose a clarifying GR which gives the developers the option of choosing betwen different interpretations. I think that this very thread is an attempt to construct some reasonably self-consistent interpretations that we can ask the developers to decide between. -- Henning Makholm "The compile-time type checker for this language has proved to be a valuable filter which traps a significant proportion of programming errors." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]