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Subject: Re: A function that cannot be called?
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:35:03 +0200
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On 23.10.18 21:25, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2018-10-23 19:49, G.B. wrote:
>> On 23.10.18 16:57, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>>> On 2018-10-23 16:35, Jere wrote:
>>>
>>>> The difficulty with compile time comes from your requirements I think.
>>>> In order for the function to exist, the compiler needs to have it
>>>> actually be callable.
>>>
>>> In which sense a non-callable function may exist? What exactly is the meaning of "callable"?
> 
>> "Callable" is probably meaningful in contexts involving types,
> 
> Again, hat is "callable"?

The original statement was referrring to the past and current
Ada notion of "callable", I think.