On Feb 20, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > On 2/20/14 11:16 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: >> Nope, it means that the length of the argument list is less than two, >> hence an argument corresponding to 'deleteCount' was not passed.
Would you prefer it to say "If fewer than two arguments were passed, then let deleteCount be ..."? Even when phrases like"not present" are formally defined, many people don't actually read those definitions and it is vary hard to maintain explicit cross reference to many such phrases. That's why I prefer self apparent natural language phrasing, where possible. > > OK. In that case, I think this term _really_ needs to be defined. Ideally > with links to the definition whenever it's used. > >> So, "is not present" is how handling of missing arguments is "otherwise >> specified". > > This is really confusing action-at-a-distance that I think we should make > more explicit. At the very least, something needs to make it clear that an > "is not present" test is in fact an "otherwise specified" for purposes of > this section. Actually saying anything rather than just using the value is "otherwise specifying" Allen _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
