Bryce,

well, sure... that would be the function of an OM->OM-phrasebook.
But I think that what you are looking for is a document-format trying to encode "food for such a phrasebook", right? In our case I suppose it could just mean, maybe, to use FMPs of CDs with particular "heads" (i.e. "proposed-implementation").

the phrasebook, to my knowledge, is the piece of software that would be able to do that, right?

paul

Le 27-déc.-08 à 18:18, Bryce L Nordgren a écrit :

-----Paul Libbrecht <[email protected]> wrote: -----

What about... another symbol?
Just one that says something such as "the expression on the left *can

be* computed with the expression on the right" ?

Paul,

Something that just occurred to me is that the OM spec already elucidates the concept for what we are talking about. I think we're talking about an
OM->OM Phrasebook here.  When an implementation is required on a host
system, the Phrasebook is the device specified to match symbol to
executable code.

Why can it not be the same here? Obviously, an OM->OM Phrasebook can only be used for the case where the new symbol is completely defined in terms of
existing/well known symbols.  Such a device should be portable between
systems.

What do you think?

BTW: I've sent a couple of messages to the list with GIF image attachments, but I think the listserver ate them. Is there a more appropriate way to
share visual information (e.g. UML diagram of the OM object model)?

Thanks,
Bryce


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