[gmpi] Re: lost-n-found #3 parameter stuff
- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 05:40:19 +0000
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:21:30PM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> Anyone?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:45:01PM +0200, Koen Tanghe wrote:
> > On Friday, October 29, 2004 7:28 AM [GMT+1=CET],
> > Tim Hockin <xxxthockin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Req 48: GMPI plugins must be able to to present value strings for
> > > parameter values which do not map linearly.
> >
> > Not entirely sure about this, but shouldn't the inverse be a requirement
> > too:
> >
> > "GMPI plugins must be able to interpret given values strings (e.g. by the
> > typed by the user) as textual representations of parameter values."
Absolutly not. This is an internationalistion problem, eg interpreting
"1001.0ms" and "1,000.0 milliseconds" and "1,001s". the point of the string
rendering is to allow a user presentable form (pretty printing) of a port
value. There is no need for it to be roundtripable.
- Steve
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