From: francis.glassborow@btinternet.com   
      
   On 08/11/2012 23:51, Daniel Krügler wrote:   
      
   > Note also that for the "first shot" there is often the tendency to   
   > impose stronger requirements on the user, because once you give too much   
   > permissions, it is much more difficult (if not impossible) to undo such   
   > a permission. So any defects found in the mental model are harder to   
   > fix. Lets give implementations some time to settle and lets look at that   
   > question at some later time. If it really turns out that the current   
   > user restrictions in regard to assignability are unnecessary, that can   
   > be relaxed in the future.   
   >   
      
   And, in the meantime, there is nothing to prohibit implementations   
   providing more as an extension as long as they issue a diagnostic when   
   compiling in conforming mode.   
      
   That way we get to find out if there are demons lurking or not.   
      
   Francis   
      
      
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