Number: 1626

Date: 12-Jul-84  2':53':43

Submitter: le.pasa

Source:  Patty Poduska (Poduska.pasa)

Subject:  CMLARRAY package bug

Assigned To: JonL

Attn: Release

Status: Declined

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Problem Type: Documentation

Impact: Minor

Difficulty: Easy

Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Perhaps

System: Language Support

Subsystem: Storage Formats/Mgt

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Disposition: The given behaviour is correct -- the examples don''t follow the conventions established on the first page of the documentation.  -- JonL -- 7/12/84'
["JonL.pa" " 7-Sep-84 23':00':41" Attn':]

Description: '
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	Additional values for MAKEARRAY'
	cause a break':'
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		(SETQ IT (MAKEARRAY ''(2 3 4) '
		''ELEMENTTYPE ''DISPLACEDTOBASE)'
'
	   _ "Bad type specifier ''DISPLACEDTOBASE"'
'
		(SETQ IT (MAKEARRAY ''(2 3 4)'
		''ELEMENTTYPE ''ALIGNMENT)'
'
	   _ "Bad type specifier ''ALIGNMENT"'
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	However, the value  ''XPOINTER is OK!'
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-Date': 10 JUL 84 22':04 PDT'
From': MASINTER.PA'
Subject': AR on CMLARRAY'
To':   Poduska.pasa'
cc':   le.pasa'
'
This must be a problem of type DOCUMENATATION, since your examples aren''t correct and the error messages generated are what they should be.'
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Following elementtype is supposed to be a ''type'', of which XPOINTER is valid and the other examples you give are not.'
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Edit-By: JonL.pa

Edit-Date:  7-Sep-84 23':00':41