From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   noitalmost schrieb:   
      
   > I'm trying to keep my language (and compiler) fairly small, is there a good   
   > case for variant records, or could everything be handled through classes   
   > without too much inconvenience to the user programmer?   
      
   Variant records can simplify memory management of polymorphic data,   
   eliminating additional class instances (=heap objects) when embedded in   
   other objects, and can reduce the number of new/additional objects   
   during type conversions. External libraries (databases, COM) can use   
   polymorphic records as arguments, so that such a feature may be a MUST   
   for using such APIs. Otherwise every programmer should be happy with   
   more type-safe polymorphic classes.   
      
   DoDi   
      
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