[jira] [Comment Edited] (DAFFODIL-2170) hexBinary with lengthUnits 'bits' needs experimental property to enable/disable.

["Michael Beckerle (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Michael Beckerle edited comment on DAFFODIL-2170 at 6/27/19 8:41 PM:
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I agree. A bunch of dfdlx features could be controlled by a single mode flag property.

dfdlx:compatibilityMode is a fine property name. 

 


was (Author: mbeckerle):
I agree. A bunch of dfdlx features could be controlled by a single mode flag property.

dfdlx:compatibilityMode is a fine property name.  Not sure I like "experimental", as that suggests these features are not even proposed yet. For example, the hexBinary with length bits is very solid. The layering less so (e.g., can't do checksums yet, but we know people want to do those), and the enum/type-calc stuff even less.

 

> hexBinary with lengthUnits 'bits' needs experimental property to enable/disable.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DAFFODIL-2170
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2170
>             Project: Daffodil
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Front End
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.0
>            Reporter: Michael Beckerle
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 2.4.0
>
>
> The DFDL Workgroup has concluded that this feature is on the list for DFDL v2.0. (Few things that don't have multiple implementations are going to be added to DFDL v1.0 any more.)
> That means this has to become an experimental feature which means it has to have a property for enabling/disabling it.



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