[m-rev.] For review: State Variable Transformation

Ralph Becket rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Tue May 7 11:10:04 AEST 2002


Fergus Henderson, Monday,  6 May 2002:
> > Index: doc/reference_manual.texi
> ...
> > +
> > +(Use of DCG syntax to thread hidden variables is now deprecated; the
> > +preferred mechanism is to use state variables instead.)
> 
> I object to this.  I do not think DCGs should be officially deprecated.

I wasn't suggesting that DCGs be deprecated in general, rather just for
threading state.  Can you suggest better wording or do you also object
to that line?

- Ralph
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