Issue 2640:  IDL that is not IDL! (cxx_revision)
Source:  (, )
Nature:  Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: Summary: The C++ language mapping chapter contains many blocks of IDL like stuff
 with the comment 
 
 // IDL
 
 in the first line, but the stuff in the block is not valid IDL for
 various reasons:
 
 (i) Uses "pseudo" as an apparent keyword.
 
 (ii) Contains declarations like
 
 	attribute exception exception;
 
 I suggest that the comment "// IDL" be replaced by "// Augmented IDL
 (see "Usage" on page x-y)" cross-referencing to section 20.23 Usage, so
 that people know for sure that this is not IDL.
 
 Furthermore, to make the claim in section 20.23 true, the declaration:
 
 	attribute exception exception;
 
 should be fixed to be something else, or alternatively, the exceptional
 use of exception should be called out as a specific augmentation of IDL
 in section 20.23.
 

Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
May 6, 1999: received issue
Discussion: 
deferred in June 2011 to the next RTF
End of Annotations:=====
Sender: jis@fpk.hp.com
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:51:33 -0400
From: Jishnu Mukerji <jis@fpk.hp.com>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard EIAL
To: cxx_revision@omg.org, issues@omg.org
Subject: IDL that is not IDL!

The C++ language mapping chapter contains many blocks of IDL like
stuff
with the comment 

// IDL

in the first line, but the stuff in the block is not valid IDL for
various reasons:

(i) Uses "pseudo" as an apparent keyword.

(ii) Contains declarations like

	attribute exception exception;

I suggest that the comment "// IDL" be replaced by "// Augmented IDL
(see "Usage" on page x-y)" cross-referencing to section 20.23 Usage,
so
that people know for sure that this is not IDL.

Furthermore, to make the claim in section 20.23 true, the declaration:

	attribute exception exception;

should be fixed to be something else, or alternatively, the
exceptional
use of exception should be called out as a specific augmentation of
IDL
in section 20.23.

Jishnu.
-- 
Jishnu Mukerji
Systems Architect

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