From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e48ffa51d71eeec9,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Randy Brukardt" Subject: More on the consolidated Ada Reference Manual Date: 2000/11/21 Message-ID: <9ACS5.760$aX.306590@homer.alpha.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 696338185 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@alpha.net X-Trace: homer.alpha.net 974845317 156.46.62.124 (Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:21:57 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:21:57 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: There has been some confusion regarding the status of consolidated Ada Reference Manual announced here last month. In September 2000, WG 9 approved and forwarded Technical Corrigendum 1 to SC 22 for ISO approval, anticipated in February 2001. The Technical Corrigendum lists the individual changes that need to be made to the text of the International Standard to correct errors, omissions or inconsistencies. Once approved, the corrections specified in Technical Corrigendum 1 will be part of the International Standard ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E). When ISO publishes Technical Corrigendum 1, it is unlikely that ISO will also publish a document that merges the Technical Corrigendum changes into the text of the International Standard. However, ISO rules require that the project editor for the Technical Corrigendum be able to produce such a document on demand. The consolidated version of the Ada Reference Manual is what the project editor would provide to ISO in response to such a request. It incorporates the changes specified in the Technical Corrigendum into the text of ISO/IEC 8652:19995(E), along with some editorial corrections (deletion of empty paragraphs, correction of fonts, removal of doubled words, and correction of punctuation). The consolidated version of the Ada Reference Manual is therefore not an official ISO document, and does not represent a revision to the Ada standard. As it is very inconvenient to have the Reference Manual for Ada specified in two documents, this consolidated version of the Ada Reference Manual is made available to the public. We've added an additional Foreword to this version of the Ada Reference Manual which clarifies the status of the document. We also took the opportunity to correct 5 small editing errors in the previous version. None of the technical content has been changed. The new versions are available on the same web page as the previous ones: www.ada-auth.org/~acats/arm.html Randall Brukardt ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 9/ARG Editor (Sorry if you get this multiple times; I've posted it in all of the places that the original announcement was found.)