Re: Accessibility-check for GENERIC bindings' targets

Richard Maine wrote:
Daniel Kraft <d@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is the GENERIC binding invalid as it targets a PRIVATE specific binding?

No, that would not be a reason for it to be invalid.

If the code was valid, this would mean that any PRIVATE type-bound procedure can be made accessible by extending the type and defining there a PUBLIC GENERIC binding targetting it, wouldn't it?

Private things can be made accessible in many ways. It is a fundamental
error to think that the private atribute on something means that the
entity cannot be accessed outside of the module.

Thanks Richard, your explanation was exactly what I was looking for! I already supposed that the code was valid but wanted to get some opinions on it (as I wouldn't really claim I know F2003 well).

Yours,
Daniel

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