Resolve potential ambiguity with optionality in leading "=" and "=="

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Critical
    • ODF 1.2
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: OpenFormula, Table
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      This comment applies to the current working draft of open formula

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      Review the OpenFormula statements about prefixes and leading "=" and make sure that they work in the hosting environment. It may be more appropriate to let the hosting application handle these or else make the leading "=" mandatory for OpenFormula in all of its employment in a host document format.

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      Review the OpenFormula statements about prefixes and leading "=" and make sure that they work in the hosting environment. It may be more appropriate to let the hosting application handle these or else make the leading "=" mandatory for OpenFormula in all of its employment in a host document format.
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      Namespace handling is part of the hosting environment.
      Entirely removed section 1.3 Namespace.
      Entirely removed section 5.1 Namespace handling.

      Changed 5.1 Basic Expressions (formerly 5.2) EBNF to
      Formula ::= Intro? Expression
      Intro ::= '=' ForceRecalc?
      ForceRecalc ::= '='

      Changed prose in 5.1 Basic Expressions to reflect the change.

      In 3.6 Basic Limits, removed ", namespace prefix, or the initial "=" symbol" from the first clause.

      In 2.1.1 Small Group, removed "; Namespace Selection".

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      Namespace handling is part of the hosting environment. Entirely removed section 1.3 Namespace. Entirely removed section 5.1 Namespace handling. Changed 5.1 Basic Expressions (formerly 5.2) EBNF to Formula ::= Intro? Expression Intro ::= '=' ForceRecalc? ForceRecalc ::= '=' Changed prose in 5.1 Basic Expressions to reflect the change. In 3.6 Basic Limits, removed ", namespace prefix, or the initial "=" symbol" from the first clause. In 2.1.1 Small Group, removed "; Namespace Selection".

      Between statements in ODF 1.2 Part 1 where OpenFormula formulae may be hosted, and the description of the use of optional namespace prefix, leading "=", and the extra leading "==" for recalculation control, I am concerned that this situation has unresolvable ambiguities.

            Assignee:
            Eike Rathke (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Dennis Hamilton (Inactive)
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