Re: TMQL - Proposal for a %base directive

Hi Andrew,

[...]
> I'm fully aware my implementation isn't standard, but lessons and
> ideas seem reasonable to consider as input to a standard so the
> widest possible implementations of it are still possible.

ACK. This is what I was trying to say: We need a mechanism which works
for a range of applications (and TMDM is one of them, probably the
main application).

Ideas and experience are always helpful.

[...]
> I wasn't thinking that we'd assume this. I would've thought that we
> could specify the expected behaviour in terms of abstract access
> mechanisms similarly to [1].
[...]

Yes, that's exactly my position, probably I expressed it awkwardly.

Thanks for your input. :)

Best regards,
Lars
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