[ooc-compiler] FOR Loops And Structured Variables

[August K. <fus...@co...>]

Hi,

Why doesn't the following module compile?

    MODULE Test;
       VAR a: ARRAY 1 OF LONGINT;
    BEGIN
       FOR a[0] := 0 TO 1 DO END
    END Test.

I've read that in Modula, loop variables in FOR loops cannot come from 
structured variables, but I can't find that restriction in the Oberon-2 
report. Anyway, what's the motivation for the restriction?


Regards,

August