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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

308.0. "Enumerations and Wildcarding" by SCRPIO::LIZBICKI () Wed Sep 05 1990 23:02


     According to the SRM,  wildcarding  is not supported for 
     Enumeration data types.   Why is this?   Are  there  any
     plans to change it in the future?  Is there a difference
     between  supporting  wildcarding  for Integer data types
     and enumeration data types?

     I have entities defined which use Enumerated data types 
     for the identifier, and it seems reasonable to allow at
     least full wildcarding (ie, "*") for these entities.

					Lynne

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308.1allowed on entitiesTOOK::HAOThu Sep 06 1990 14:016
    Full instance wildcarding on entities is allowed by FCL, regardless
    of what the datatype is.  Partial instance wildcarding is only allowed 
    on those entities whose instance datatype supports wildcarding.
    
    Christine
    
308.2instance wildcardsGOSTE::CALLANDERThu Sep 06 1990 16:3315
    The SRM might not do a good job of it, but the next version of the
    SRM clarifies it.
    
    The wildcarding rules listed in the data types chapter are specific
    to the data type. In addition to these rules further explainations
    have been added to explain the entity wildcard (for full instance
    wildcarding) is independent of the data type. To support this the
    wildtype parameter was added to the AES routines so that this type
    of information could be encoded regardless of datatype and identifier.
    
    But note that this is only for FULL instance wildcarding. If you
    want to do partial wildcarding on an entity instance, then the
    wildcarding rules specified for the identifiers data type DO apply.
    
    
308.3DECwindows and wildcarding?MICROW::LANGTue Apr 07 1992 16:3515
    >Full instance wildcarding on entities is allowed by FCL,regardless
    >of what the datatype is.  Partial instance wildcarding is only allowed
    >on those entities whose instance datatype supports wildcarding.
    
                Is this true for DECwindows too?
    
    		How is the information passed to the MM?  Do the AES calls
    		support wildcarding for any datatype and are there
    		other implications of support that is missing because the
    		datatype itself does not support wildcarding?
    
    		thanks,
    
    			Bonnie
    
308.4wildcarding==multi selections in mapTOOK::CALLANDERMCC = My Constant CompanionMon May 11 1992 19:223
    wildcarding in the map is done through explict multiple icon
    selections. So the internal premise is a bit different.