From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Binary files vs Portablity vs Ada
Date: 1999/11/09
Date: 1999-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccaeonfthh.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8074m8$bk8$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> writes:
> Perhaps. But advice is just that; advice. No guarantees. If you are
> trying to do something universally portable, you can't count on
> implementation advice.
The reason certain rules are written as Implementation Advice is that we
didn't know how to formalize the rule. It's not that Impl Advice is any
less important than the "real" rules. So, I think you can count on
responsible implementers to not disobey the advice without good reason.
If you find otherwise, send in a bug report. If you find poor
documentation (whether or not the RM "required" that documentation),
send in a bug report.
- Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-11-09 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-04 0:00 Binary files vs Portablity vs Ada John Halleck
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Advice, or *Advice*? (was: Binary files vs Portablity vs Ada) Ted Dennison
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Binary files vs Portablity vs Ada Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-05 0:00 ` John Halleck
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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