DMIS S I R Entry

Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard
Standard Improvement Request

SIR No.
97-37
DMIS Release
3.0
SIR Type
Other
Severity
Documentation Deficiency
Status
Resolved
Date Submitted
March 6 1997
Date Validated
March 6 1997
Date In Process

Date Referred

Date Vote Pending

Date Closed
April 11 1997
Action
Clarifications
Submitted By
Dietmar May
Object Workshops, Inc.
PO Box 597
Whytheville VA 24382
USA
Phone: (540)223-1145
Fax: (540)223-1241
dcmay@object-workshops.com

Problem Topic
CALL,MACRO,GEOALG: Consistency of parameters,args

Problem Description
Conflicting use of the descriptors ~argument~ and ~parameter~ for CALL, MACRO, and GEOALG.

References
None

Related SIRs
None

Suggested Resolution
Update documentation either to exclusively use "parameter" or "argument", or to use "parameter" for CALL, and "argument" for MACRO and GEOALG (or vice versa) consistently for all statements.

Support Documentation
None


Resolution

Warning!!

The following statement is only a resolution to a Standard Improvement Request (SIR) and is NOT part of the current DMIS standard, nor is it guaranteed to become part of the next revision of the DMIS standard even if voted and accepted by the DMIS National Standards Committee. This resolution is tentative because it may not be incorporated into the next version of the standard, it could be changed prior to the next release, or it could be changed as the result of the "public review and comment" period required for the next version of the standard. If you choose to use this tentative resolution, you do so at your own risk since at this time it is not part of the DMIS standard.

The resolution was to change all occurances of the term "argument" in CALL on page 279 and GEOALG on page 108 to the term "parameter."

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