[drmaa-wg] Boolean string values in c spec

[Ed Baskerville]

Thanks for the quick replies on both questions!

I've written it to be tolerant for inputs (y/1/yes/YES/true/TRUE),  
spec-compliant for outputs.

--Ed

On Jul 5, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Templeton wrote:

> 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
>>
>