SDL Mailing List Archive: Re: SDL-News: virtual classes in CIF

Subject: Re: SDL-News: virtual classes in CIF TypeReference
From: Anders Ek (anders.ek#telelogic.se)
Date: Mon Jun 28 2004 - 09:19:52 GMT

After checking the current Z.106 this seems currently impossible. The
only allowed syntax in a type reference is an identifier. So virtuality
information can not be part of type references exchanged with CIF. I
would say this is an error in the specification.

If we want to fix this in the standard we need to change from
<identifier> to <type reference heading> in Rule A71. Since this better
covers what is allowed according to the graphical grammar in Z.100 I
think we should do this change.

After checking the current Z.106 this seems currently impossible. The only allowed syntax in a type reference is an identifier. So virtuality information can not be part of type references exchanged with CIF. I would say this is an error in the specification.

If we want to fix this in the standard we need to change from <identifier> to <type reference heading> in Rule A71. Since this better covers what is allowed according to the graphical grammar in Z.100 I think we should do this change.

Kind regards

Anders Ek

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> From: Paul Herber <paul#pherber.com>

> Reply-To: Paul Herber <paul#pherber.com>

> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:17:59 +0100

> To: SDLnews <sdlnews#sdl-forum.org>

> Subject: SDL-News: virtual classes in CIF TypeReference

> Hi all,

> How should class virtuality (virtual, redefined, finalized)

> information be portrayed in CIF TypeReference data?

> Please could someone help me with this?

> MTIA.

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> Regards, Paul Herber, Paul Herber Systems Ltd. paul#pherber.com

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