To: J3 J3/15-168 Subject: "at least four" mostly doesn't make sense From: Van Snyder Reference: 15-007r1 Date: 2015 June 07 1. Introduction =============== It doesn't make any sense that the LENGTH and STATUS arguments to the GET_COMMAND, GET_COMMAND_ARGUMENT, and GET_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE intrinsic subroutines, and the CMDSTAT argument to the EXECUTE_COMMAND_LINE intrinsic subroutine, require at least four digits. The VALUES argument to the DATE_AND_TIME intrinsic subroutine makes sense because the year is assigned to the first element. 2. Edits ======== [357:24 13.8.67p3 CMDSTAT argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [361:10 13.8.75p3 LENGTH argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [357:16 13.8.75p3 STATUS argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [362:10 13.8.76p3 LENGTH argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [362:16 13.8.76p3 STATUS argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [362:44 13.8.77p3 LENGTH argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four". [363:2 13.8.77p3 STATUS argument] Delete "with a decimal exponent range of at least four".