CVS difference for ais/ai-00117.txt
--- ais/ai-00117.txt 1999/03/04 20:41:37 1.2
+++ ais/ai-00117.txt 1999/04/01 20:08:36 1.3
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-!standard 03.09.02 (10) 99-02-06 AI95-00117/03
+!standard 03.09.02 (10) 99-04-01 AI95-00117/04
!class binding interpretation 96-04-04
+!status ARG Approved (with changes) 7-1-1 99-03-24
!status work item 96-04-04
!status received 96-04-04
!priority High
!difficulty Hard
!subject Calling Conventions
-!summary 99-02-06
+!summary
Unless specified otherwise in the RM, the default convention of any
entity is Ada.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
Intrinsic. An implicitly declared dispatching "/=" operator with
boolean result has convention Intrinsic, and this is legal.
-!question 96-11-18
+!question
6.3.1 defines the default convention of various entities (that is, the
convention in the absence of a convention-specifying pragma):
@@ -120,11 +121,11 @@
declaration of "=" of a tagged type is an illegal dispatching operation.
Is this the intent? (No.)
-!recommendation 96-04-04
+!recommendation
(See summary.)
-!wording 99-02-06
+!wording
Add two bullets after 6.3.1(13):
"If not listed above, the calling convention for any inherited
@@ -147,12 +148,8 @@
dispatching operation shall not have convention Intrinsic."
-!discussion 99-02-05
+!discussion
-Note: This AI subsumes AI95-00065.
-
-- ----------------
-
1. The default convention ought to be Ada for any entity not covered by
6.3.1. The dispatching operations of a type ought to inherit the
convention of the type, for convenient interfacing to other OOP
@@ -320,10 +317,10 @@
The wording change to 3.9.2(10) shown above means that it's OK to have
such an inherited subprogram. If the spec of G contained a type
extension of Formal, then that type's inherited Proc would also have
-convention Intrinsic, which would be legal. An explicit overriding of
-that Proc would be illegal.
+convention Intrinsic, which would be legal. However, an explicit
+overriding of that Proc would be illegal.
-!appendix 97-03-19
+!appendix
!section 3.9.2(1)
!subject Implicit /= is a legal dispatching operation
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