Re: User define attributes

["Samuel T. Harris" <u61783@gsde.hou.us.ray.com>]

Martin Dowie wrote:
> 
> been there; done that; got the compiler listing... :-)
> 
> I suspect there are many companies out there with very
> similar generics.
> 
> I suppose we have to ask the question - if it is that
> easy (and relative to the actual application, it
> usually is!) then why isn't 'Image for composite types
> part of the language?..
> 

I believe I asked that very same question here some
years ago. The response I got was the difficulty in
defining such a thing within the language and the
difficulties in implementing it in general. To which
I countered that the very same issues are relevant
to the definition and implementation of streams.
That is as far as the thread went (as far as my
imperfect memory recalls).

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Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer
Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services
"If you can make it, We can fake it!"