From: Brian Rogoff <bpr@shellx.best.com>
Subject: Re: Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract)
Date: 1997/09/09
Date: 1997-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970909231220.21914C-100000@shellx.best.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680000909970121270001@news.ni.net
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Matthew Heaney wrote:
> In article <Pine.SGI.3.95.970908193446.11288B-100000@shellx.best.com>,
> Brian Rogoff <bpr@shellx.best.com> wrote:
>
> >>In fact the Eiffel exception mechanism is superior to the Ada one
> >> because it is built on a theoretical model of software engineering.
Watch your attributions, I didn't write that!
> Can any of the Eiffel guys explain this a bit more? I'm curious what is
> meant by a "theoretical model of software engineering." Can someone post
> some references to the theory behind the Eiffel exception mechanism?
The original poster probably meant that the Eiffel exception mechanism was
designed to support Eiffel design by contract, so that when an exception is
raised you retry or fail, restoring class invariants on leaving. I doubt he
was talking about denotational semantics or theoretical models like that!
You can read about DBC in Meyer's book or one of the many articles he's
written.
-- Brian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-09-09 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-08-21 0:00 Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) aek
[not found] ` <33FC66AD.9A0799D4@calfp.co.uk>
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
[not found] ` <33FFA4B1.3543@flash.net>
1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
[not found] ` <3403940F.4154@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design By Contract Ted Velkoff
[not found] ` <5u3c6v$gtf$2@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
[not found] ` <34058808.3BF@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Darren New
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug27180328@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <EFM140.Fy9@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqDw0.3x7@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145354@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqE8L.4Eq@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145058@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep3201329@alexandria.organon.com>
[not found] ` <EFzLn7.481@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
[not found] ` <5un58u$9ih$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl>
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff [this message]
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-15 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Darren New
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
[not found] ` <EFz0pD.E6n@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Design By Contract W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-11 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep4172912@alexandria.organon.com>
[not found] ` <EG0oz8.F6M@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Design By Contract Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
[not found] ` <EG0rp7.GtL@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <349224633wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design by Contract Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <3406BEF7.2FC3@flash.net>
[not found] ` <3406E0F7.6FF7ED99@calfp.co.uk>
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Ken Garlington
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-09-09 0:00 Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-09 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Neil Wilson
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-30 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Paul M Gover
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Reimer Behrends
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
[not found] ` <11861963wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-18 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 Robert Dewar
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