Re: Syntax of new constraint proposal

On May 19, 2014, at 1:32 AM, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey wrote:

> On 5/18/2014 10:29 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
>> I've been thinking of "advanced" as "fallback". The problem is that I think we decided to put the advanced stuff first, which is immensely unintuitive to me. 
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> The advanced stuff is deterministic, while the non-required stuff is less so (UA-ordered), was the reasoning, so put the deterministic stuff first to keep it deterministic.
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> In practice only a masochist would use both ways of entering optional constraints in the same call, as the difference is marginal. Advanced gives you more control, it is not a fallback, in my mind.

The difference is not marginal, but I agree that advanced gives you more control.  It is not a fallback at all, but something for more precise control when the developer is ready for it.

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> .: Jan-Ivar :.
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Received on Monday, 19 May 2014 11:41:11 UTC