[Oberon] [EXT] Re: Potential New Approach to Implement Instance-Centered OOP in Oberon-07

[August Karlstrom]

On 2026-10-13 02:03, Chris Burrows wrote:
> His reply dated 13 Mar 2017 was:
> 
> "You are right. The identifier R0 in
> 
>       RECORD (R0) a, b: INTEGER END.
> 
> must be a record type, and cannot be a pointer type.
> 
> I had "simplified" this some long time ago, because pointer types in 
> this position caused severe troubles in combination with import/export., 
> And I think this "restriction" iis quite sensible. Unfortunately, the 
> diagnostic message is a bit obscure."

OK, thank you for sharing the clarification. I still wonder what the 
severe trouble is.

/August