Re: Bare values read as "just this value please"

Yes, this is correct (and I was wondering about how to make this point 
without derailing the discussion.)  It is only the constraint _set_ that 
is optional.  If any single constraint in the set fails, the whole set 
fails.

- Jim
On 8/5/2014 12:22 PM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> On 08/05/2014 04:16 PM, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey wrote:
>> Slides in case this comes up today (I had to scramble last time):
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pql9zGhtX8r84qdnGFuSZM0aOMOHBxXVbkJsXwbCI0k/edit?usp=sharing 
>>
>>
>> .: Jan-Ivar :.
>>
>>
> I've disagreed enough on the main topic that it's not worth repeating, 
> but I'll call out another one from this deck:
>
> I happen to disagree with the formulation of the advanced-array: The 
> individual constraints are as mandatory as they otherwise are, it's 
> the entire advanced-array element that is optional / ignorable.
>
> An advanced-array element either succeeds or fails; there is no 
> picking individual items from it.
>
>

-- 
Jim Barnett
Genesys

Received on Tuesday, 5 August 2014 16:28:38 UTC