Re: variable initializer circularity needs to be defined

Per Bothner wrote:

> 
> Jonathan Robie wrote:
> 
>> This is a known issue raised by a few people,
> 
> [including myself, regarding earlier drafts]

Right, there were several such issues, which appear in our issues list. 
I was lazy, and picked the first one I found ;->

>> and is already on our issues list as issue qt-2004Feb1159-01. Here's 
>> the original post:
>>
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2004Feb/1159.html
> 
> Note that the earlier message quotes a draft where the circularity is
> a dynamic error; the current draft makes it a static error.

Right.

> Presumably it wouldn't be difficult to define circularity
> in terms of dependencies between variables and functions.

Do you have a definition you would propose?

Jonathan