(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.5602) Revised ballot on draft Corrigendum 4

[Bill Long]

On Dec 11, 2015, at 4:11 AM, John Reid <John.Reid at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> 
> Robert Corbett wrote:
>> On 12/10/15 03:45, John Reid wrote:
>>> In the first line of NOTE 9.64a, replace "denotation"; with
>>> "denotation;".
>>> [The version in N2088 is as approved by WG5 (see N2062 and N2080). Van
>>> wants to apply the US rule, which conflicts with ISO practice. See, for
>>> example, 23:3 in J3/10-007r1.]
>>> 
>> Why is the word "denotation" in quotation marks in this context?  It does
>> not seem appropriate.  In American English, the use quotation marks in a
>> such a context usually indicates that the word or phrase within the
>> quotation marks is not what it seems.
> 
> I think they are correct here because we are defining the word 
> "denotation". Here, for example, is a sentence from
> 
>     http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
> 
> A "composition" is a creative, journalistic, or scholarly enterprise 
> that is whole, complex, a thing unto itself. This includes books, 
> movies, plays, TV shows, newspapers, magazines, websites, music albums, 
> operas, musical theater, paintings, sculptures, and other works of art.
> 

Perhaps, but I think I have to agree with Bob here. We need to be consistent with other similar usage in the standard, such as "An implied-shape array is a named constant..? and many other similar cases of definitions. 

Cheers,
Bill



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> 
> John.
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