[drmaa-wg] Boolean string values in c spec

[Daniel Templeton]

Ed,

There is a tracker for that issue.  It will probably not be corrected in 
the near future, so just follow it to the letter for now.

Daniel

Ed Baskerville wrote:
> Got another question...
>
> In the C spec 1.0, the two boolean-valued attributes, drmaa_join_files 
> and drmaa_block_email, have different string values for true and 
> false. drmaa_join_files says to use 'y' or 'n'; drmaa_block_email says 
> '1' or '0'.
>
> Should I follow this to the letter as an implementor of the 1.0 C spec?
>
> The Java and IDL specs use actual boolean values rather than strings; 
> will a later version of the C spec begin supporting non-string 
> attribute values? If not, will these be made consistent?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>