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From: Pierre Weis <Pierre.Weis@inria.fr>
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Subject: Re: Redefinition doesn't work
In-Reply-To: <20001031125223.A24595@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> from Sven LUTHER at "Oct 31, 100 12:52:23 pm"
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> Isn't it possible to have a rebind or something such keyboard, that would test
> that the type of the newly binded value is the same as the old value, or maybe
> even something larger than that ?
> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven LUTHER

It is not only a question of type. As I mentioned in my previous
message, if you allow the user to ``rebind'' some basic functions,
such as map or iter, the behaviour of the compiler can be
unpredictable.

Friendly,

Pierre Weis

INRIA, Projet Cristal, Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/