[CoFI] Proposed Changes to the CASL Summary

[Peter Mosses <mosses@csl.sri.com>]

Bernd wrote:

> Peter will inform you shortly about the installation of a draft
> document of changes to the Summary.

This document is now available at:

  http://www.brics.dk/Projects/CoFI/Documents/CASL/Summary-Changes/
  ftp://ftp.brics.dk/Projects/CoFI/Documents/CASL/Summary-Changes/

Here is how it starts:


                                    CASL
                 The Common Algebraic Specification Language
                                   Summary
                         -- DRAFT LIST OF CHANGES --

                  by The CoFI Task Group on Language Design

                                11 March 1999


Abstract

     This document lists the adjustments, corrections and
     clarifications [proposed to be] incorporated in the CASL Summary,
     relative to the initial release (22 October 1998).

     The current draft of this document has been prepared by Peter
     Mosses in collaboration with the CoFI Language Design Task Group
     coordinator, Bernd Krieg-Brückner. It is intended for discussion
     by the participants of the CoFI Language Design Task Group on the
     cofi-language mailing list in the period 11-24 March 1999, and
     (briefly) at the Language Design meeting during the CoFI Worshop
     in Amsterdam, 27-28 March 1999. The agreed changes to the CASL
     Summary are to be implemented as soon as possible thereafter.

     The present draft starts with two proposals which may be
     considered as somewhat controversial--further discussion is needed
     before deciding on the adjustments to adopt, and some alternatives
     are indicated. It is hoped that the remaining proposals are all
     uncontroversial (readers are asked to check that for
     themselves...), and they will be adopted without further
     discussion unless objections are raised.

Full Contents

   * 1 Proposals for Discussion
        o Lexical Analysis, Parsing, and Mixfix Grouping
             + App. C.2.1, p. C-4
             + App. C.2.2, p. C-5
        o Display Format of Keywords
   * 2 Minor Proposals
        ...

Please send notice of any typos, etc., just to me: mosses@csl.sri.com;
discussion, objections, and counter-proposals should of course be sent
to the mailing list, cofi-language@brics.dk.

Looking forward to seeing a lot of you soon in Amsterdam!

-- Peter