Re: [office-formula] NEED VOLUNTEERS - filling in the formula specs!

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Re: [office-formula] NEED VOLUNTEERS - filling in the formula specs!
How do you see this working?  We
each take a chunk, research it in parallel and then merge and discuss?
 Or discuss as we go and then merge the census text?

I'm fine either way. 

-Rob

"David A. Wheeler" <>
wrote on 07/18/2006 11:49:57 PM:

> We now need volunteers to start filling in the definitions of the

> remaining functions.  Who's up for it?

> 

> This means you'll need to

> examine the documentation of various applications and propose

> what should be required on all.  Please let me know, even

> if you can only work on a few functions; many hands make light work.

> 

> I'd like to assign by group, so that one person does a set of

> related functions.

> I'm trying to see if I can get some documentation released

> to us so we can copy it directly as a starting point (where appropriate).

> Obviously, we cannot copy any text without permission.

> 

> That VERY MUCH includes creating test cases;

> every function should have AT LEAST one test case, and really

> should have several that test ranges.  (Is 0 okay? Negative numbers?

> What happens with fractions? Empty strings?).  The test cases

> are great for implementors, and they're also great for

> finding spec errors.

>