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Stan,
I'm curious. What would the characteristics of the proposed "named integers"
be? What would be an example of their use? How would they differ from
integer CONST?
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Warford [mailto:Stan.Warford{([at]})nowhere.xy> Sent: Friday, 19 November 2004 12:06 PM
> To: Campbell, Robert D (UK Edinburgh)
> Cc: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy> Subject: Re: Procedure types
>
>
> OK. That answers my question. I see your points about the impact
> of complexity on your code. I periodically request "named integers"
> for CP, which would give 90% of the benefits of enumerated types
> with 10% of the implementation cost. But the complexity of using
> integer CONST without "named integers" is not nearly the complexity
> you would have to endure without procedure variables.
>
> Thanks,
> Stan
>
>
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