From rinehuls@access.digex.net Tue Dec 10 01:25:44 1996 Received: from access1.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id BAA17047 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 01:25:43 +0100 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id TAA26695; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:25:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:25:27 -0500 (EST) From: "william c. rinehuls" X-Sender: rinehuls@access1.digex.net To: martin schoenhacker , sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2354 - Vote Summary for CD 10514-3: Modula-2 Extensions Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII __________________beginning of title page _________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2354 December 1996 TITLE: Summary of Voting on CD Ballot for: CD 10514-3: Information technology - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces - Object Oriented Extensions for Modula-2 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: JTC 1.22.18.02 STATUS: N/A CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2221 DOCUMENT TYPE: Summary of Voting ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for information. To WG13 for preparation of a Disposition of Comments Report and a recommendation on the further processing of the CD. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net _______________end of title page; beginning of summary ________________ SUMMARY OF VOTING ON Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 N2221 Circulated by: JTC 1/SC22 Circulation Date: 08-13-1996 Closing Date: 12-02-1996 SUBJECT: CD ballot for CD 10514-3: Information technology - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces - Object Oriented Extensions for Modula-2 The following responses have been received on the subject of approval: "P" Members supporting approval without comment 14 "P" Members supporting approval with comment 3 "P" Members not supporting approval 1 "P" Members abstaining 2 "P" Members not voting 2 "O" Members supporting approval without comments 1 Secretariat Action: The comment accompanying the abstention vote from France was: "Lack of resources." The comment accompanying the affirmative votes from Austria, Germany and the Netherlands and the comments accompanying the negative vote from the USA are attached. WG13 is requested to prepare a Disposition of Comments Report and make a recommendation on the further processing of the CD. ____________________end of summary; beginning of detailed summary _____ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 LETTER BALLOT SUMMARY PROJECT NO: JTC1.22.18.02 SUBJECT: CD Ballot for CD 10514-3: Information technology - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces - Object Oriented Extensions for Modula-2 Reference Document No: N2221 Ballot Document No: N2221 Circulation Date: 08-13-1996 Closing Date: 12-02-1996 Circulated To: SC22 P, L Circulated By: Secretariat SUMMARY OF VOTING AND COMMENTS RECEIVED Approve Disapprove Abstain Comments Not Voting 'P' Members Australia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Austria (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) Belgium ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Brazil (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Canada (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) China (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Czech Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Denmark (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Egypt (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Finland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) France ( ) ( ) (X) (X) ( ) Germany (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) Japan ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) ( ) Netherlands (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) Romania (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Russian Federation (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Slovenia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Sweden ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Switzerland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) UK (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Ukraine (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) USA ( ) (X) ( ) (X) ( ) 'O' Members Argentina ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Bulgaria ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Cuba ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Greece ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Hungary ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Iceland ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) India ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Indonesia ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Italy ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Korea Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) New Zealand ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Norway ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Poland ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Portugal ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) ( ) Singapore ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Thailand ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Turkey ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Yugoslavia ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) __________________end of detailed summary; beginning of comments ______ COMMENTS ACCOMPANYING NEGATIVE VOTE FROM THE USA As the USNB has indicated in its earlier balloting on what is now ISO/IEC 10514-1, Programming languages, Modula-2, the USNB believes that that International Standard is badly flowed; accordingly, extensions to that International Standard are inappropriate. COMMENTS ACCOMPANYING AFFIRMATIVE VOTES Austria: "ON votes 'Yes' on document ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/N2221 (CD ballot for CD 10514-3, Object Oriented Extensions for Modula-2) with the following comments: 1) The implementation of the new 'class' type on the type system and type compatibility in general should be discussed in more detail. 2) It should be further clarified which subset of the base standard can be used in conjunction with 'class' types (e.g. type conversion) and object references (as opposed to pointers). 3. Several editorial comments will be sent to the editor in a separate message." Germany "The DIN vote regarding CD 10514-3 'Object Oriented Extensions for Modula-2 reference number ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2221, dated 96-08-13 is: YES with comment Comment: DIN considers the use of the keyword UNSAFE (sections 5.1, 6.6, 6.8.1) as very improper. The actual characteristic of an 'unsafe' (= current terminology) module is that the programmer does not wish to rely on the automatic garbage collection for deallocating objects. This can have many reasons (e.g. real time performance requirements) and does NOT make the modula any more 'unsafe'as any other Modula-2 program. Therefore DIN strongly urges to change the keyword UNSAFE into something that does not contain any evaluation of what is good programming style. Potential alternatives are NOGCC (no garbage collector control), NONGCC, NOTGCC, NONAUTO or NONAUTOOBJ (no automatic objects). However, DIN is willing to accept other words so long as they do not evaluate for the programmer what is good or bad programming style." Netherlands "The NNi approves document ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/N2221 (CD ballot for CD 10514-3 Object oriented extensions for Modula-2) with the following comments: 1) In this document the term 'class type' has been used without precise definition. This term should be properly defined and the definition should be added to Annex C. In particular compatibility between class types and types as defined in the base standard should be more precisely defined. 2) The document should further clarify the compatibility between references (as defined in this standard) and pointers (as available in the base language). 3) It should be clarified whether a type denoting an abstract class may be used: - as an argument type for function procedures and procedures - as a function procedure return type - as an input or output type for a type conversion - as a type for ISMEMBER. 4) Several typing errors will be brought to the attention of the editor separately." ____________________ end of document SC22 N2354 _________________________