- From: Jon Ferraiolo <jferraio@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:45:37 -0700
- To: Stephane Conversy <conversy@emn.fr>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
I'll take your word that enumerations don't exist in Java. I looked at the O'Reilly JavaScript book, and I don't see enumerations there, either. Given that the only language bindings that the W3C provides are Java and JavaScript, then we have a potential reason for why W3C IDLs don't have enumerations, since the W3C wants its IDLs to map to those two languages. The SVG IDL was made to copy the techniques used by IDLs in other W3C specifications. The main reason the SVG IDL doesn't use enumerations is that the other specs don't use them either. The lack of enumerations in Java and JavaScript is probably why all W3C spec don't have enumerations in their IDLs. Jon Ferraiolo SVG Editor Adobe Systems Incorporated At 11:45 AM 10/23/00 +0200, Stephane Conversy wrote: >Hi. > >I'm new to the list, so please excuse-me if I ask for a >previously answered question (I searched for keywords though). > >I'm trying to build a C++ parser using the idl. >I was wondering why "enum" are not used with the various >constants we can find in interface definition. > >Is there any reasons why enum are not used except the fact >that this constructs does not exist in java ? > >Thanks, > > Stephane > >PS: I noticed an egroup list coined svg-developper, I know >it's not the place to ask, but is there a different goal for that >list compared to www-svg ?
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