Re: Incorrect example in the CCXML spec (ISSUE-553)

Peter,

Thanks for raising this issue. We are tracking it as ISSUE-553. We  
will take a look at this during the next call or two and let you know  
what we find.

Best regards,

	RJ

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RJ Auburn
CTO, Voxeo Corporation
Chair, Editor and Chair, CCXML, VBWG, W3C


On Nov 13, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Petr Kuba wrote:

>
> Dear WBWG,
>
> It seems that there is an incorrect example in the CCXML  
> specification.
> The problem is on the very last line in Section 10.5.4.3 in the hints
> attribute of the <createcall> tag:
> hints="{callingDevice: 'notSpecified', callCharacteristics:  
> 'voiceUnitCall'}"
>
> When we tried to interpret a similar <createcall> using our  
> OptimTalk CCXML interpreter, we received the following ECMAScript  
> error:
> "SyntaxError: invalid label"
>
> We looked at the ECMAScript formal grammar in the ECMAScript  
> specification and found out that reporting an error when evaluating  
> the
> "{callingDevice: 'notSpecified', callCharacteristics:  
> 'voiceUnitCall'}"
> script is a correct behavior.
>
> Following the ECMAScript formal grammar, the script is an expression
> statement and the ECMAScript spec says:
>
> <CITATION>
> 12.4 Expression Statement
>
> ExpressionStatement :
> [lookahead ? {{, function}] Expression ;
>
> Note that an ExpressionStatement cannot start with an opening curly  
> brace
> because that might make it ambiguous with a Block. [...]
> </CITATION>
>
> A solution is to use the hints attribute as follows:
> hints="var tmp = {callingDevice: 'notSpecified',  
> callCharacteristics: 'voiceUnitCall'}; tmp"
>
> Can you please correct the specification?
>
> Regards,
> Petr Kuba
>
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