Re: Issue on bound() test?

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 15:40 -0500, Thompson, Bryan B. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> If I recall, Bob MacGregor (and perhaps others) have raised some
> concerns about the bound() test introducing constraints on evaluation
> order.  I just checked the issues list and this item is not there.

The bound() function comes from our decision on the SOURCE issue

  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues#SOURCE

(I suppose I could elaborate the issue description...)

The useMentionOp issue is also relevant
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues#useMentionOp

Discussion of evaluation order has come up up during our
discussion of nestedOptionals
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues#nestedOptionals

All these issues are closed.


>   I
> was wondering if it should be raised for discussion.

Suggestions on how to improve the wording of the spec are always
in order, but I don't see new information since we closed the
issues above.

>   I have done a few
> searches on the archives, but I can't seem to find the message in which
> this was mentioned.


I don't recall any discussion of the bound() test interacting
with order, but perhaps this is the thread you're thinking of?

"If "OR" only evaluates the RHS is the LHS is false (programming
language style) 
we are back in order dependent territory."
 -- Re: Disjunction vs. Optional ... and UNION
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2005Mar/0058.html

> Thanks,
> 
> -bryan
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