(j3.2006) Annex B title

[Dan Nagle]

Hi,

OK, thanks, Malcolm.

On Jul 17, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Malcolm Cohen wrote:

> "deprecated" is not the right word - it implies that the features are
> still in the standard (the deleted ones are not) and that we are just
> disparaging them.
>
> It's also slightly confusing to those of us with long memories...
>
> I agree that "decremental" doesn't say much - therein lies its charm.
> Bill's second suggestion of "Deleted and obsolescent features", using
> the exact same wording we use at [25:39] strikes me as reasonable.   
> And
> maybe we should rewrite the sentences around 25:43 to avoid "outmoded
> features" too.
>
> This doesn't need a whole paper on its own, I can put it into one of  
> my
> editorial change papers...
>
> Cheers,
> -- 
> .....................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.
>
>
> Bill Long wrote:
>> Alternatives might include:
>>
>> 1) "Outmoded features", which is the word we use at [25:43].
>>
>> 2) "Deleted and obsolescent features", which is the wording we use at
>> [25:39].
>>
>> Option 2 very clearly parallels the content of the Annex.
>>
>> An argument for replacing "decremental" is that is appears only in  
>> the
>> Annex, lacking connection to places that refer to the Annex.
>> "Deprecated" does not improve on that deficiency.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> Dan Nagle wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just returned from WG23 #11.
>>> We worked on the Annexes for Ada, C, and Fortran.
>>>
>>> Some opinion was expressed in plenary that
>>> our Annex B Decremental features is poorly named.
>>> A suggestion was "Deprecated features".
>>> This appears to be the terminology used by other standards.
>>>
>>> I checked a dictionary, and this view seems reasonable.
>>>
>>> This is hardly a technical change to the contents of f08.
>>> Is it worth making the change now?
>>> If so, I'll submit a paper for 189.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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-- 
Cheers!

Dan Nagle




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Cheers!

Dan Nagle