rbh@computer-science.nottingham.ac.UK (Roger Henry) (09/01/88)
Several recent messages have asked about the state of the proposed standard I/O library for Modula-2. The ISO Working Group on Modula-2 (... WG13) had its third meeting in Oregon USA at the end of August. The BSI group (IST/5/13), which is drafting the standard, made proposals modified from those previously distributed to the net. This is because at the second meeting in Nice, France in January, it was agreed that a "top layer" with the "look and feel" of the I/O described in Programming in Modula-2 was required and that the BSI proposals for input predicates should be modified so that they do not have the side effect of causing input. Subject to a few minor changes, WG13 agreed to the proposals made at Oregon. The BSI group is meeting on Friday 2nd September when these changes will be reviewed. It is hoped that revised definition modules will be available within the next month. At that time, a paper will be circulated to WG13 members for comment and I shall undertake to distribute the def mods to the net. Roger Henry Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 WG13 Department of Computer Science University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK (+44) 602 484848 ext 2855 rbh@cs.nott.ac.uk