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In article AI0@falcon.daytonoh.attgis.com, Dick Menninger <Dick.Menninger@daytonoh.attgis.com> writes:
>> ==========Fergus Henderson, 1/26/96==========
>
>Does the draft explicitly exclude what it does not require?
>In this case, that means does the draft preclude compilers
>from allowing this, possibly as an option?  Or can compilers
>provide more extensive capabilities, possibly with enabling
>flags, than the draft specifies?  

The draft says that operator dot cannot be overloaded, meaning that
a conforming compiler must diagnose a violation.

Of course, compilers can and do operate in non-conforming modes, where
they provide extensions appropriate for the platform, or extensions
for any other reason.

For a compiler to be certified, it probably needs to have a mode
(set perhaps by command-line flags or dialog box options) where it
follows the standard closely. Otherwise, test suites will report that
the compiler accepts invalid code.

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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com



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