Issue 1311:  Keyword identifiers (02) (obv-rtf)
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Nature:  Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: Summary: 
 The Objects By Value (OBV) Specification (orbos/98-01-18) introduced
 the concept of "keyword identifiers" in an effort to avoid breaking
 existing IDL specifications.It allows IDL specifications that are simply unparseable. For example:
 
 interface ValueBase {};
 struct S {
     ValueBase v;
 };
 
 This is ambiguous because the compiler cannot know whether the type
 of struct member "v" refers to the ValueBase interface or the
 ValueBase keyword identifier.
 
 

Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
May 8, 1998: received issue
July 30, 1998: closed issue
Discussion: 

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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 17:44:17 -0400
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From: Steve Vinoski <vinoski@iona.com>
Subject: let's lose keyword identifiers

The Objects By Value (OBV) Specification (orbos/98-01-18) introduced
the concept of "keyword identifiers" in an effort to avoid breaking
existing IDL specifications. It specifies that a keyword identifier
is a word that is treated as a keyword only when used in a keyword
context, and is otherwise treated as a regular identifier.
2) It allows IDL specifications that are simply unparseable. For
example:

interface ValueBase {};
struct S {
    ValueBase v;
};

This is ambiguous because the compiler cannot know whether the type
of struct member "v" refers to the ValueBase interface or the
ValueBase keyword identifier.