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From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de>
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Subject: Re: Q: Endless loop by dispatching
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:18:57 +0000 (UTC)
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* Dmitry A Kazakov wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:36:56 +0000 (UTC), Lutz Donnerhacke
>>How about a fixing rule, which applies at the private syntax element?
>
> Which rule do you mean?

If publicly defined tagged types are fixed at the private syntax element,
there is no possibility to define dispatching procedures and functions
afterwards. Of course, it's not a choice, because it will break existing
programs.