From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Initialization
Date: 14 Jun 90 22:28:24 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1964@sparko.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7540@fy.sei.cmu.edu
In article <7540@fy.sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
>
> I recall asking Jean why he didn't make the type model more regular
> by allowing all types to have initialisation expressions, and his
> reply was that you could always achieve this effect by nesting the
> type you wanted in a record, and he didn't want to add extra syntax.
> Please do not ask me to defend this position.
Don't worry. If this is the extent of the reasoning, it's entirely
indefensible IMHO. That's the way it goes. Sigh...
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1990-06-14 16:37 Initialization Michael Feldman
1990-06-14 17:38 ` Initialization Robert Firth
1990-06-14 22:28 ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1990-06-14 19:37 ` Initialization Mike Murphy
1990-06-14 22:43 ` Initialization Michael Feldman
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1991-03-24 21:23 Pre-condition vs. Post-condition stt
1991-03-25 16:00 ` Arthur Evans
1991-03-25 17:05 ` Michael Feldman
1991-03-26 4:31 ` Jim Showalter
1991-03-26 10:21 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1991-03-27 21:32 ` Initialization Paul Stachour
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