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Re: Issue: DECODE-UNIVERSAL-DAYLIGHT (Version 1)
- To: Kent M Pitman <KMP@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>
- Subject: Re: Issue: DECODE-UNIVERSAL-DAYLIGHT (Version 1)
- From: masinter.pa@Xerox.COM
- Date: 14 Sep 88 02:43 PDT
- Cc: CL-Cleanup@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU
- In-reply-to: Kent M Pitman <KMP@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>'s message of Mon, 20 Jun 88 17:09 EDT
There's been no discussion on this issue since last June.
The wording "If {\arg time-zone\/} is not specified, the current time zone is
used." seems to me to be justification to say that leaving the time zone out is
the same as supplying it.
The Xerox implementor assumed LIKE-ENCODE also.
I'd like a few more words explaining that the test case only is useful when
daylight savings is in effect (or else supplying constant values that are known
to be in the daylight savings time range.)
I think test cases can either be 'automatic' -- you can just run them, but they
take a while to figure out, or 'explanatory' -- they illustrate the point. This
one isn't either yet.