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  1. OMG Issue

OCL25 — Make null-free collections the default

  • Key: OCL25-201
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Model Driven Solutions ( Dr. Edward Willink)
  • Summary:

    null-in-Collections was added by the OCL 2.0 FTF in Issue 5972 in the unanalyzed hope that it would be useful.

    https://ocl2015.lri.fr/OCL_2015_paper_0921_1400.pdf examines the null safety of OCL nad concludes that an ability to declare null-free collections is essential.

    Since almost all collections in practical OCL are null-free, suggest that the OCL default should be for null-free collections, with an option to have null-full collections when really needed.

  • Reported: OCL 2.4 — Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:11 GMT
  • Updated: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:11 GMT