Re: [office] Question on implementation-defined - part 4 - formulas

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Thanks!

It seems like awkward wording but off-hand I don't know of a better suggestion. Will think about it.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Patrick

On 10/31/20 2:57 PM, andreas.guelzow wrote:

The intention is that there are 2 possible values and the implementation should decide and define which of these two values will be returned.

Andreas

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From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>

Date: 2020-10-31 12:12 (GMT-07:00)

To: ODF TC List <office@lists.oasis-open.org>

Subject: [office] Question on implementation-defined - part 4 - formulas

Greetings!

I'm compiling a spreadsheet of all instances of
implementation-defined/dependent and ran into an odd case in part 4:

6.19.4 BIN2DEC

...

If any digits are 2 through 9, an evaluator shall return an Error. It is
implementation-defined what happens if an evaluator is given an empty
string; evaluators may return an Error or 0 in such cases.

*****

Notice that we say "implementation-defined," but then immediately follow
with: *may* return an Error or 0 in such cases.

If we mean, "implemention-defined," isn't that all we should say and stop?

Or, are we using "implementation-defined" in a common sense and then
specifying with "may," the possible options to return?

This happens more than once in part 4.

Before I create a lot of needless JIRA issues, wanted to check with the TC.

Thanks!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Patrick

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