--- demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the solution is to leave it up to a given language as to > whether they discriminate or not, document how they can, and leave it > alone. Its not going to be easy to do in some languages, so they > probably dont have to or want to care, and in the others it will be > trivial so probably isnt an issue anyway.
Ah, crap. I'm sold. You might be able to nail down types in one language, but between languages, no way. Maybe it will turn out to be important, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it (as I'm sure everyone ever involved in RFC processes probably wishes they could do from time to time). Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Perl and CGI - http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ Personal blog - http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/