[Bug 20735] n not defined in sequence algorithm

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20735

--- Comment #4 from Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > sure, but it's more consistant with the other algorithms if n is explicitly
> > defined in the algorithm itself.
> 
> My intent was to use "blah_0..n-1" for list variables that algorithms use,
> and not for IDL values like sequences.  So I've changed the three instances
> of "blah_0..n-1" that name or define IDL sequence values, but I'll leave the
> remaining ~10 uses of "blah_0..n-1" without an preceding definition of n
> when they're naming/defining lists.

mkay, but note that the 0..n-1 seems overly fancy (when you are already working
on n in the algorithms) and it's already confused me during implementation.
Please try to avoid unnecessary "mathematical-looking" constructs in the spec
to keep the spec as easy to read as possible.

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Received on Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:01:39 UTC