Michael Shapiro writes:
> Every aggregating function has to have a defined, fixed type, that determines
> how its implementation in kernel and userland, a portion of which is quoted
> above, performs the underlying arithmetic. Since our original release, the
> type signatures of the aggregating functions to which you are referring
> have their signature as: sum(uint64_t arg), and so on.
Ah, that's too bad.
The Fortran intrinsics I was referring to are essentially polymorphic
functions (yes, 20-odd years before O-O) that look like this:
uint64_t sum(uint64_t);
int64_t sum(int64_t);
... where the compiler picks the right function (there are actually
two or more) based on the context. It'd be pretty helpful here, and a
shame if it can't be done.
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