... This is a minor problem IMHO. In everyday language, "and" is used instead of "plus" and there's no problem either, isn't it? Regards, Joachim -- This is a...
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Pierre METRAS
genepi@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:34 pm
Frank Arnaud and Roger Browne wrote ... As "&" initiator, I think I have to offset these facts, even if a vote is running on the subject. It's less than 1 year...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:43 pm
... I mean "so that it is correct within class STRING when concatenating STRINGs". I agree with the following thoughts of yours - but I'd just like to proceed...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:43 pm
... Certainly, yes! Or even one that's already happened! Much better for all viewpoints to be expressed here now, than for problems to emerge later after we...
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franck.arnaud@...
Nov 4, 1999 3:57 pm
... Another problem I have with & is that it is a free operator. I think free operators are utterly useless (I've never used one of my own initiative, I never...
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James McKim
jcm@...
Nov 4, 1999 7:05 pm
... But then the discussion of 'like Current' vs STRING becomes moot, doesn't it? ... No argument there. I might pick on you from time to time (see below), but...
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Durchholz, Joachim
Joachim.Durchholz@...
Nov 4, 1999 7:22 pm
... Right. But not worse than the situation that we have now. Regards, Joachim -- This is a private communication, not a statement from my employer....
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Durchholz, Joachim
Joachim.Durchholz@...
Nov 4, 1999 7:23 pm
... I'd opt for this one. It's not really a STRING issue but it must be set right in a more general (GENERAL?) context. Better a general solution next year...
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eGroups.com Poll Resu...
egroups@...
Nov 7, 1999 8:43 pm
Here are the results of the vote: Don't mind (happy either way) richieb@... joachim.durchholz@... Prefer infix "+" ...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 7, 1999 9:55 pm
... I agree. And I note and accept your "big if". ... Maybe the following approach can avoid this dilemma, by using 'out' to reduce everything to a STRING in...
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Kevin Wells
kevin@...
Nov 8, 1999 12:42 am
I would like to discuss the political structure and process used by NICE to standardise library classes. I have little interest in politics myself, and think...
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franck.arnaud@...
Nov 8, 1999 12:49 pm
... We're not designing much, most changes are detailed changes to existing classes to enable interoperability. For interoperability, consensus is probably...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 8, 1999 9:07 pm
The results of this poll showed a preference for infix "+" instead of infix "&". Paul Cohen's vote wasn't registered properly by the automated voting system,...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 8, 1999 9:51 pm
Unless there are reasons (or strong sentiments) expressed to the contrary, I intend to start a vote soon to add these two new creation features to STRING: ...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 8, 1999 9:51 pm
... I'd like to hear from anyone who wishes to defend a STRING that can be enlarged but not shrunk. Consider these scenarios: 1. The new office temp...
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James McKim
jcm@...
Nov 9, 1999 2:45 pm
... The signatures are fine with me. I've reproduced the specs here, as they're likely to be hard to find otherwise. I don't _think_ I changed anything. ...
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James Graves
ansible@...
Nov 9, 1999 3:26 pm
... I recall reading that in comp.risks, which is probably where he got it too. There seem to be several ways to implement this. The most obvious is to have...
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James McKim
jcm@...
Nov 9, 1999 3:57 pm
... [..] ... I agree that this is a valid concern. I think it the problem is ameliorated in our case because we are starting with a tried and true set of...
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Kevin Wells
kevin@...
Nov 9, 1999 9:10 pm
... I agree that Roger would also be a good choice for such a role. I should have mentioned him. I think he is doing an excellent job in drawing some three ...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 9, 1999 9:49 pm
... The current process is not actually an official NICE process, because: 1. Only a few of the people participating in these discussions and votes are members...
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James McKim
jcm@...
Nov 10, 1999 3:10 pm
... [..] Note that I'm cc'ing this to the NICE library group that's currently working on STRING. ... This is quite right and very insightful. I have done some...
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Frieder Monninger
monninger@...
Nov 10, 1999 3:33 pm
... I agree 120% ... Its the task of the runtime system. The programmer can give hints - but NOT more. Thats a reason why we at OT see all "capacity"; related...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 10, 1999 10:03 pm
You should soon receive emails from egroups inviting you to vote on two separate proposals, to add the following creation features to class STRING: make_empty ...
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egroups@...
Nov 10, 1999 10:16 pm
Proposal for class STRING: Add creation feature 'make_empty'. Details are at http://www.eiffel.demon.co.uk/nice/string/make_empty.html ... Please select one of...
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egroups@...
Nov 10, 1999 10:19 pm
Proposal for class STRING: Add creation feature 'make_filled'. Details are at http://www.eiffel.demon.co.uk/nice/string/make_empty.html ... Please select one...
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Sergei S. Ivanov
ivanoff@...
Nov 11, 1999 12:58 pm
... From: Roger Browne <roger@...> To: <eiffel-nice-library@egroups.com> Sent: 11 ноября 1999 г. 1:03 Subject: [eiffel-nice-library] Call...
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Durchholz, Joachim
Joachim.Durchholz@...
Nov 11, 1999 8:05 pm
I'd like to confirm that I think the order of votes is OK with me; calls for votes was were (with a single exception) exactly at the moment where I felt that a...
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Durchholz, Joachim
Joachim.Durchholz@...
Nov 11, 1999 8:06 pm
... Agreed for everything up to here. ... Now that's simply wrong. The ELKS postcondition of STRING.make is 'count = 0' (or at least it should be if it isn't...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 11, 1999 9:46 pm
At this time I'd like to point our discussion towards features 'has' and 'occurrences' from class STRING. Both features are already supported by all vendors,...
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Roger Browne
roger@...
Nov 11, 1999 9:46 pm
... Certainly. I thought I was doing exactly that in the message you quoted. I'll try to make it clearer next time that the specification posted in the "call...
