Ralf Hemmecke <r...@hemmecke.de> writes: | > | Yes, I am proposing that the compiler infer constructors. I don't | > | think partial abbreviation statements (i.e. omitting the actual | > | abbreviation) are necessary. In the compiler if I write: | > | | > | F(...):Category == ... | > | | > | The compiler knows it is compiling a category, right? | > | > The problem isn't when F is defined as a category and is visible to the | > compiler. The problem is when F *uses* a symbol that is to be defined | > as a constructor and that definition isn't available for various reasons. | | Aldor can live without abbreviations. It sounds as if you are saying | that SPAD could not.
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