[Os-project-managers] Quick question about GeneralFileHeader

[Jun Ma]

I am for the header sequence be enforced here and all optional. 
It was required. So it shouldn't create any compatibility issue. 
The header sequence makes the xml look better.

Jun

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From: "Kipp Martin" <kmartin at chicagobooth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:08 PM
To: "Horand Gassmann" <Horand.Gassmann at dal.ca>
Cc: <os-project-managers at list.coin-or.org>
Subject: Re: [Os-project-managers] Quick question about GeneralFileHeader

> Hi Gus:
> 
>> 
>> I don't have any strong feelings, either. However, the elements in the  
>> OSoL and OSrL <general> element can arrive in arbitrary order, so it  
>> looked a bit weird to impose a fixed order on the header. The only  
> 
> I can see your point, but it does not bother me. Seems like the name 
> should always go first, and it might look odd for a user to look through 
> a set of OSiL files (or OSoL or OSrL) and see different orders. I view 
> this header as being like a bibtex reference. It would look weird to see 
> a bunch of references where for some the name was first, for others the 
> date, for others the journal, etc.
> 
>> thing that is clear is that if I allow arbitrary order in OSoL, I got  
>> to allow arbitrary order in OSiL also, if I want to share the complex  
>> type between schemas.
> 
> Yes, OSiL, OSrL, and OSoL should be consistent and share.
> 
> Cheers
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> gus
>> 
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