NICE Eiffel Standards Group -- Library Committee Mailing List To post to list: NICE-ESG-Libs@atlanta.twr.com To send mail to the Chairman of the committee: NICE-ESG-Libs-chair@atlanta.twr.com Administrative matters (sign up, unsubscribe, mail problems, etc): NICE-ESG-Libs-request@atlanta.twr.com
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 15:51:54 GMT From: Roger Browne <rogerb@eiffel.demon.co.uk> Subject: Refinement of ELS To: NICE-ESG-Libs@atlanta.twr.com Fellow Libraries Committee members, Jacob Gore wrote: > If nobody has brought up this before, could you let the libraries folks > know that in STD_FILES, read_word is mentioned in the comment for > last_string, but not listed as a feature? Jacob joins the list of people who have taken the time and made the effort to report inconsistencies in ELS95, and to highlight possible refinements. Christine, I ask again whether you will allow such issues to be discussed and voted on as small incremental changes to the standard. I know that your preference is for the committee to ratify coherent sets of changes rather than to discuss and vote on small incremental ones, but urgent action is needed if ELS95 is not to become the laughing stock of O-O standards. Although its adoption was a significant milestone, from a technical point of view there are many holes and much scope for improvement. If, like the previous set of changes, this work is being done outside committee and will be presented for ratification, please assure us that comments from Jacob and others are being noted, and that the work is being treated as highly urgent. > I note that `read_word' was deleted between PELKS-7 and PELKS-8. Was > that intentional, or an oversight? The committee did ratify the newer version, but there was no discussion of feature 'read_word', and no reason was presented for the change. Presumably, the implementors could not agree on it. > By the way, what happens to all this stuff that gets forwarded to the > standards committees? Is it eventually voted on? If only this were the case! Regards, Roger -- -- Roger Browne, 6 Bambers Walk, Wesham, PR4 3DG, UK | Ph 01772-687525 -- Everything Eiffel: compilers/libraries/publications | +44-1772-687525
