Talk:Catcall Test Proposal

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Can you give an example of when using the variant keyword makes sense?

As for the frozen keyword, doesn't this break the open/closed principle yet again (I know the example shows an attribute, but the wording suggests a routine could also be marked with a frozen type - does this limit redeclaration)?

What is supposed to happen in the multiple constraint case (if the compiler didn't have a limitation)? --Colin-adams 00:09, 6 November 2007 (PST)

The 'variant' keyword is nearly the same as the wildcard types introduced in Java. The only difference is the use of a global analysis (i.e. non-modular) to check certain corner cases that are valid although generics are used in the arguments.
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