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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Character/Integer Conversion
Date: 2000/04/05
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In article <wcc66txkepv.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:

> I think it is *required* to clobber the initial value of x,
> isn't it?  Because y has a default initial value.

Not quite, I can describe a model in which integers are
all designed to look like null addresses by default. Sure
it is unlikely, which is why I used the word "likely" in
my description.

Likely is a semi-technical term for me in this context, it
means that in practice x is true even if x cannot be formally
deduced from the RM :-)


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