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Re: [tap] Weird thought for the day: "skip 71 - reason"

Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net> Fri, 05 March 2010 16:03 UTC

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On 5 Mar 2010, at 15:53, Ovid wrote:
> Here's what I would like to see.
> 
> 1..5
> ok 1 - some test
> ok 2 - another test
> skip 3 - skip cuz I said so
> skip 4 - skip, skip, baby
> ok 5 -final test
> 
> 
> In other words, you can't introduce ambiguity here.
> 
> Though this list is for ietf, those who really care about TAP are hopefully reading this.
> 
> Thoughts?  Something corresponding for TODO (less needed due to less ambiguity)?


It makes more sense - but raises a wider question about how much of the grammar we're prepared to change. Are we saying that for TAP v14 we can basically change anything?

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Andy Armstrong, Hexten

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