RE: [sv-bc] Updated proposal for `keywords compatibility directive

Geoffrey,

The 'keywords proposals states:

"If no 'keywords directive is specified, then the default reserved keyword
list shall be implementation dependent. The lack of a 'keywords directive is
the same as if the directive 'keywords "default" had been specified."

I assumed that would infer that the version specifier to `keywords had to be
recognized by the compiler. If more explicit wording is needed, I am fine
with making an amendment to that effect. Perhaps the above should be
changed to:

"If no 'keywords directive is specified, or the version_specifier for the
`keyword directive is not recognized, then the default reserved keyword list
shall be implementation dependent. The lack of a 'keywords directive is the
same as if the directive 'keywords "default" had been specified."

Since no amendment to this effect was approved in yesterday's vote on the
proposal, however, I think this change would now have to be a "friendly
amendment" made at the 1800 working group level, when they give final
approval to the proposal.

Stu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [ <mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org>
mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On
> Behalf Of Geoffrey.Coram
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:05 AM
> To: Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com
> Cc: Stuart Sutherland; sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: Re: [sv-bc] Updated proposal for `keywords
> compatibility directive
>
> I agree with Shalom that his example should be included.
>
> Also, the proposal does not say what should happen if the
> version_specifier is not on the list / not recognized by the
> compiler. I suppose it's implicitly a syntax error if the
> string is not in the list. I think this should be explicitly
> mentioned.
>
> -Geoffrey
>
>
>
>
> Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com wrote:
> > I still think that the most typical, useful, and
> instructive example
> > is missing: using a `keywords "1364-2005" directive to
> allow the use
> > of 1800 keywords within older code.
>
>
Received on Wed Dec 1 09:33:14 2004