Issue 4915: Input/Output sections                                                                                                                                                                                   (action-semantics-ftf)
Source: International Business Machines (Mr. Sridhar Iyengar, siyengar@us.ibm.com)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: [Sridhar Iyengar] 29. Various pages : I have come to the conclusion that
parts of the spec where Inputs/Outputs are defined are not all that
useful.  I suggest the FTF consider whether these should be carried over
in the spec.  Since not much guidance is given on how to handle
"RuntimeObject" and "RuntimeInstance" and this is left as an
implementation issue anyway - I dont see the value.  May be all that is
needed are the examples in the Appendix. Note I had to read carefully to
find out the intended differences between "RuntimeObject" "and
RuntimeInstance" - I expected this to be a typo but then realized "that
the former refers to 'objects' and the latter refers to 'values' - See
especially Page 68.  This is a bit too 'subtle'.

Resolution: decline
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
March 5, 2002: received issue
December 11, 2002: closed issue
Discussion: 
Resolution of Issue 4902 should clarify the input/output sections.

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Summary: Input/Output sections

Text:

[Sridhar Iyengar] 29. Various pages : I have come to the conclusion
that
parts of the spec where Inputs/Outputs are defined are not all that
useful.  I suggest the FTF consider whether these should be carried
over
in the spec.  Since not much guidance is given on how to handle
"RuntimeObject" and "RuntimeInstance" and this is left as an
implementation issue anyway - I dont see the value.  May be all that
is
needed are the examples in the Appendix. Note I had to read carefully
to
find out the intended differences between "RuntimeObject" "and
RuntimeInstance" - I expected this to be a typo but then realized
"that
the former refers to 'objects' and the latter refers to 'values' - See
especially Page 68.  This is a bit too 'subtle'.