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  1. OMG Issue

QVT14 — QVTc/QVTr: Pattern.bindsTo composition

  • Key: QVT14-12
  • Legacy Issue Number: 19673
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Model Driven Solutions ( Dr. Edward Willink)
  • Summary:

    The author of Issue 9379 misunderstood the poor description of Pattern::bindsTo and consequently removed the

    {composes} qualifier.

    Issue 10938 observed that this totally broke QVTc and introduced CorePattern::variables to compensate.

    The QVTr to QVTc transformation remains broken since it continues to assume that bindsTo {composes}

    .

    There was actually nothing wrong with bindsTo that could not have been fixed by clearer wording to the effect that bindsTo was a dustbin container for variables not contained elsewhere.

    The above kind of emphasises the benefits of an ownedPlurals naming policy. Therefore suggest that:

    a) the AST bloat from the redundant bindsTo be replaced by definition of a suitable derived property that satisfies the intent of all variables.

    b) that variables be renamed ownedVariables and used throughout the QVTr to QVTc transformation

  • Reported: QVT 1.2 — Tue, 9 Dec 2014 05:00 GMT
  • Updated: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:31 GMT