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From: randy@m2xenix.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: type conversion question
Message-ID: <324@m2xenix.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 89 06:19:15 GMT
References: <14226@watdragon.waterloo.edu< <7465@xenna.Encore.COM> <6187@pdn.paradyne.com> <985@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> <6197@pdn.paradyne.com>
Reply-To: randy@m2xenix.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
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In article <6197@pdn.paradyne.com> alan@oz.paradyne.com (Alan Lovejoy) writes:

> Compilers which implement small maximum set sizes do so solely at the whim of
> the implementors.  They are not forced to do this in order to conform to the
> standard.                      ^yet

I believe that the WG13 position is that at least SET OF CHAR shall be
supported.  This includes when ORD(MAX(CHAR)) is largish.

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