[Bug 1705] [FS] technical: 5.2 Module Declaration: cyclical imports

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1705





------- Comment #19 from jmdyck@ibiblio.org  2006-10-18 04:36 -------
(In reply to comment #18)
> The WG spent a long time this evening discussing this bug, without coming to a
> conclusion.

Well, it sounds like it's getting the attention it deserves, so that's good.

> We did come up with a draft definition of "circularity", and on
> this definition, your example is not a circularity; moreover, I and
> I think several others on the WG believe that this query is legal.

My assessment was that if it's legal, then that poses a serious problem for the
(formal) specification of its static semantics. Does it seem that way to the WG
too?

Received on Wednesday, 18 October 2006 04:36:57 UTC