[m-rev.] for review: comparison of preds/funcs

[Mark Brown]

On 17-Apr-2002, Zoltan Somogyi <zs at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On 16-Apr-2002, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > You should not add something and document it as working
> > but then not implement it for the MLDS back-end.
> > 
> > This should either (1) be implemented for the MLDS back-end too,
> > or (2) should be treated as work-in-progress,
> > not as something which is officially documented and supported.
> > 
> > I advise (1).
> 
> While (1) is a good idea in theory, it is a very bad idea right now, because
> I have a change in progress that will cause an unholy mess of conflicts if
> (1) goes ahead.
> 
> (2) should be sufficient for Mark's current needs.

Ok.  For the moment, I will not commit the NEWS entry and I'll move the
declarations of compare_representation into the non-documented part of
std_util's interface, along with an XXX.  I'll post the relative diff
after the rest of the change is reviewed.

Cheers,
Mark.

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