E2 to E1 SHTOLO test files

[Wilson, Peter R]

Ed,

    Sorry, but I'm not at all sure how to take your statement. Did you
mistype US for UK? Do you think I'm a non-US expert? I certainly never meant
to give any hint that I was in favour (UK spelling, not US, does that imply
anything?) of removing the language_version_id.

    If there was a guarantee that all future Editions of EXPRESS would be
upwards compatible, then there would be an argument for removal. If it is
removed and perhaps replaced by a compiler option, then what guarantee is
there that the caller of a compiler gives the correct option?

    On the other hand, removing the language_version_id would give a parser
one less thing to parse.

Peter W.

    

Dr Peter R. Wilson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Barkmeyer [mailto:edbark at nist.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:49 AM
> To: Phil.Spiby at eurostep.com
> Cc: Hans Karsten Dahl; wg11 at steptools.com; Hendrix, Thomas E; Arne Tøn
> Subject: Re: E2 to E1 SHTOLO test files
> 
> 
> Phil,
> 
> I believe it is clear that the US experts would vote in favor 
> of removing 
> the language-version-id feature, but I suppose Dave and I 
> should officially
> ask the TAG. ;-)
> 
> -Ed
> 
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