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From: Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>
Subject: Re: System.Address'Size - not a static integer expression?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 14:43:31 -0500
Date: 2002-03-08T14:43:31-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C891463.C4C09795@despammed.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7f1fa3aa.0203081034.12a7bd11@posting.google.com


> I've wondered about this in the past, I can't remember any "official"
> justification for this. Why does the RM say it's not static? It
> requires static expression when defining it. Only unconstrained types
> can have non-static 'Size. (Am I missing something?) Maybe it's a

There's the justification:  'Size is sometimes non-static,
and requiring a compiler to distinguish when imposes too much
complexity.  Allowing a compiler to distinguish when would
lead to too much non-portability.

-- 
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-03-08 19:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-06 17:57 System.Address'Size - not a static integer expression? Vadim Godunko
2002-03-07  1:21 ` Robert Dewar
2002-03-07 13:56   ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-08 18:34     ` FGD
2002-03-08 19:07       ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-08 19:43       ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2002-04-08  4:57         ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-08 15:17           ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-10  1:54             ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-10 17:41               ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-10 18:29                 ` Darren New
2002-04-12 20:20                 ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-12 21:10                   ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-14 19:59                     ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-14 20:01                     ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-15 15:13                       ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-15 19:57                         ` Randy Brukardt
2002-04-17  3:22                           ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-17  3:11                         ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-17 18:27                           ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-19 14:06                             ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-19 15:05                               ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-20  2:26                                 ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-20  5:11                                 ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-20 16:50                                   ` Darren New
2002-04-22  9:20                                   ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2002-04-22 13:24                                     ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-22 13:59                                       ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2002-04-22 13:34                                     ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-22 14:02                                       ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2002-04-22 16:11                                         ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2002-04-22 23:57                                         ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-08  0:43 ` Nick Roberts
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