Re: [TED] ACTION-306: suggestions for abstract syntax

Christian de Sainte Marie wrote:

> Gary Hallmark wrote:
>
>> I like the ability to have ground facts not wrapped in a forall.
>> I don't like the ability to have free variables (not scoped in a forall)
>
>
> This is specifically excluded in the deifinition I propose.

Well, it's not excluded in the syntax.  I'd rather have syntactic 
enforcement rather than "footnote enforcement" (where possible using a 
context-free grammar).  I proposed a syntax that clearly forces wrapping 
variables in a forall AND clearly avoids having to wrap ground facts in 
a forall.

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Received on Thursday, 14 June 2007 17:08:36 UTC