Re: Comments on the HR Draft

[Reinhard Mueller]

Neil Tiffin wrote:
> At 3:35 PM +0100 12/12/01, Reinhard Mueller wrote:
>
> > Neil Tiffin wrote:
> >
> > > At 12:06 PM -0600 12/11/01, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> > >
> > > > ** note on things like relationship/status etc... It might be
> > > > better to list them after the class that uses them, because I
> > > > hought wtf are these sitting out here all alone for, until I saw
> > > > them referenced in another class.  That or make better comments
> > > > for them. :)
> > >
> > >
> > > The original parser required them first.  I believe Reinhard's new 
> > > parser eliminates the need to have them first.  If so, we will move
> > > them.
> >
> >
> > It does not eliminate the need for correct order. Before you can 
> > reference something, you have to define what it is.
>
> I was in the processing of removing this from the old parser, I hope
> we  can do the same for the new parser.  I have some circular
> references where it is impossible to do this for references and lists. 
> See the HR gcd for an example.

We will be able to do this.
However, I would guess that most of the circular references are merely a 
workaround for missing features in the geas interface, for example for 
the missing possibility to find out for a given object, which list it is 
a member of.

Thanks,

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Reinhard Mueller
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