Re: [office-formula] Functions that need to be identified as TBD

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

>* For CONVERT_ADD, CUMIPMT_ADD, CUMPRINC_ADD,
DURATION_ADD,
>   EFFECT_ADD, NOMINAL_ADD, GCD_ADD, ISEVEN_ADD, ISODD_ADD, LCM_ADD:
>   define functions without the "_ADD" with Excel semantics,
and have "_OOO"
>   functions with the OOo semantics, e.g., "DURATION"
vs. "DURATION_OOO".
>   The "_OOO" naming convention is lousy; it's more
>   of a placeholder so that we can differentiate the functions.
 Suggestions?

Personally I think the _OOO do not belong in the specification.
 If OO wants them, then there are mechanisms for them to do it as
extension function.  Overall, I rather be normative and capture the
essential complexity of the problem domain.  I believe this is less
complex than the complexity of the implementation domain, which has layers
of accidental complexity.  

-Rob