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Subject: [OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-2470) 3.2 ExpressionCalculation is a mixure of observations, rules and possible suggestions



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Patrick Durusau commented on OFFICE-2470:
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Eike,

one possible tweak:

Expressions in OpenFormula *shall* be evaluated by application of the following rules until no further evaluations remain:

->

Expressions in OpenFormula *shall* be evaluated by application of the following rules:

Question: If the rules lead to self-termination (what about looping references?) then isn't following the rules sufficient? 




> 3.2 Expression Calculation is a mixure of observations, rules and possible suggestions
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-2470
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2470
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: OpenFormula
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 CD 05
>            Reporter: Patrick Durusau
>            Assignee: Eike Rathke
>             Fix For: ODF 1.2 CD 06
>
>
> 3.2 Expression Calculation is a mixture of observations, rules and possible suggestions. 
> For example, it starts by saying formulas are recalculated from "outside in," only to confess a few paragraphs later that is how it "appears to the end user." 
> There is one really glaring hole in my proposal, that also exists in the current language.
> We describe the ordering of operators but as far as I can tell, we don't address the situation where there is a mixture of operators and functions.
> Note that I changed #1 from constant number/string and added error.
> As near as I can determine, the only possible outcomes of any expression are:
> 1) a number
> 2) a string
> 3) an error
> 4) a reference
> So, application of these rules self-terminates when any of those conditions obtain.
> Yes, that removes "constant number," "constant string" but those are defined elsewhere anyway.

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