Re: [Opencxx-users] Re: refining the Synopsis APIs

On Saturday 30 October 2004 21:11, Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> >  Stefan Seefeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Are you suggesting that my interpretation of 'AST' as I described it
> >> is different from the conventional use ? Or
> >> that using both terms (AST as well as ASG) together is a bad idea ?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>         Stefan
> >
> > Mostly the former, but take your pick ;-)
> >
> > [Caveat: I could be wrong, but that's my understanding]
>
> Do you agree with the layering I suggest (from low syntax focussed levels
> up to high semantic focussed levels) ? Do you agree that a distinction
> should be made that permits a definition of APIs that operate on those
> levels ?

I know you're asking David, not me, but I think it's very hard to disagree to 
that.

> If so, the problem boils down to finding proper names for these modules.

Yea.

> I do believe that the names should express that one is focussing on syntax,
> the other on semantics (though the meaning of these two terms is definitely
> more clear if used in conjunction, i.e. opposition, and not independently).

Excellent! What about naming the modules "Syntax" and "Semantic"?

- Volodya