Re: constant tables?

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From: John Gough
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:49

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Bill Seurer wrote:
> 
> Constant tables were non-standard in earlier versions of Modula-2.  Some
> allowed it (like TopSpeed) anyway.
> 
> The new standard allows it but I don't know of any compilers.
> --
> 
> - Bill Seurer     ID Tools and Compiler Development      IBM Rochester, MN
>   Business: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com               Home: BillSeurer@aol.com

Sure, all the native code versions of gpm allow this.
Furthermore, in code (as opposed to constant declarations)
you can write

	blah := MyType{exp1, exp2, ..., expN};

where exp1, exp2 are any expressions.  The compiler extracts
the constant parts at compile time, and fills in the variable
parts at runtime.

John Gough

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