From: Ken W. <ke...@fo...> - 2000-10-16 17:47:50
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rp...@wi... (Reinier Post) wrote: >On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:05:59AM -0500, Ken Williams wrote: >> I guess it's simply a difference of opinion, but I think the prospect of >> perfectly valid names automatically mapping to some *other* valid name >> is a very bad idea and would cause way more grief than the problem it's >> trying to solve. > >The Mason compiler can catch such cases, can't it? I'm not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting that the variable a name would map to would depend dynamically on what other names are around, and what variables are expected? ------------------- ------------------- Ken Williams Last Bastion of Euclidity ke...@fo... The Math Forum |