[Oberon] SYSTEM Modules

Peter Matthias PeterMatthias at web.de
Sun Nov 11 11:12:18 CET 2018


Am 11.11.18 um 00:34 schrieb Chris Burrows:
> Now I've thought about it some more, there is no need for any new / changed
> syntax. The rule that SYSTEM has to be in the import list if any SYSTEM
> procedures are being referenced is sufficient. All we need is a new
> implementation-dependent rule that when a SYSTEM procedure is referenced,
> the SYSTEM qualifier is optional. If you want to be sure that your code
> would compile on other systems you can still use the SYSTEM qualifier.
> Whether it would then work on that other system is a question for another
> day;-)

So in other words, IMPORT "":=SYSTEM could be made legal. Not that I 
would likely use it, but at least it would not bother me if someone else 
would use it.

Peter


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