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From: "Bob Allen" <ballen3@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel
Date: 2000/07/12
Date: 2000-07-12T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uRY09RB7$GA.307@cpmsnbbsa07> (raw)
In-Reply-To: VVMa5.12642$7%3.843780@news.flash.net


> > for tan what happens if theta is a mutiple of 90+(180*n) or 270+(180*n)
> > degrees?
>
> Just out of curiosity: For "tan", what does the contract look like to
> specify...
>
> If theta is in degrees or radians?
> The resources (CPU time, memory, etc.) required to use tan?
> The precision and range of the result? (given that the contract may be
coded
> in Eiffel while the implementation is coded in C...)
>
> (and you thought this was an overly simplistic example... :)
>
>

This is my point exactly, without writting down the contracts, no one knows
what to expect.
If you are going to write it down, why not write it in the class source
rather than in a seperate
text that is most likely going to be forgotten and never updated.

Bob Allen






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2000-07-13  0:00             ` Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00               ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-16  0:00                 ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-16  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-13  0:00                           ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-13  0:00                             ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-16  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-16  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-19  0:00                                   ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-19  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                               ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-12  0:00                                   ` David K Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David K Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-07-13  0:00                                           ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-18  0:00                                           ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-19  0:00                                               ` Bob Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David K Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` David Gillon
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` David Gillon
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` David K Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                           ` Bob Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                             ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-18  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                                 ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-18  0:00                                       ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                         ` David Gillon
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Bob Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Bob Allen
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                                             ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                                             ` carr_tom
2000-07-18  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
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2000-07-14  0:00                               ` Nick Williams
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2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` cropt
2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Bob Allen [this message]
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David Starner
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Peter Amey
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Peter Amey
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
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2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` Aspects (Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel) tom
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Steve Merrick
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Frank Mitchell
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Jubilation
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Frank Mitchell
2000-07-15  0:00                                             ` Jubilation
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` tom
2000-07-12  0:00                                   ` Design by Contract (was " David Kristola
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Greg
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Matthew J Heaney
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Eirik Mangseth
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Greg
2000-07-12  0:00                                         ` Eirik Mangseth
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` David Kristola
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Matthew J Heaney
2000-07-16  0:00                                           ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-17  0:00                                             ` David Kristola
2000-07-19  0:00                                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-25  0:00                                                 ` Richard Riehle
2000-07-18  0:00                               ` Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-29  0:00                               ` Writing better software was: Design by Contract (was Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel) Kent Paul Dolan
2000-07-29  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-31  0:00                                   ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-08-01  0:00                                   ` Kent Paul Dolan
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-31  0:00                                 ` Simon Brady
2000-07-30  0:00                                   ` John Magness
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Simon Brady
2000-08-01  0:00                                       ` Simon Brady
2000-08-04  0:00                                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-08-04  0:00                                           ` Simon Brady
2000-08-01  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-12  0:00                               ` Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Robert I. Eachus
2000-07-13  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-23  0:00                                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-07-23  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-24  0:00                                       ` David Gillon
2000-07-24  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-24  0:00                                       ` swhalen
2000-07-24  0:00                                     ` David Gillon
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2000-07-13  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-13  0:00                                 ` Marin D. Condic
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2000-07-13  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-18  0:00                         ` Interesting " Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
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