From: owner-stds-1450-4@majordomo.ieee.org on behalf of Don Organ [don.organ@inovys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:03 AM
To: STIL. 4
Subject: stds-1450.4: STIL.4 flow control issues
At our previous conference call, we said our agenda for this week's call would be "Flow Control Object Model".
Here's some questions I think we might want to address:
  1. Are we agreed on the general concept of a FSM/FlowChart/declarative approach?
  2. Are we agreed on supporting hierarchy? (SubFlows)
  3. What are the basic boxes in the Flow? Something for a TestMethod call, the SubFlow, some decision/branch/loop point, a bin. Are these extensible (such as to include the Plot in the 3/8/99 document)?
  4. What are the return types from a Test Method (pass/fail, or pass/fail/error, or user-defined)?
  5. In whatever box the TestMethod is called from, is it possible to call more than one TestMethod?
  6. Is there a restriction on the number of output arcs from a FlowNode?
  7. How do Ernie's concepts of pre-action and post-action and arbiter fit in?
  8. What are the highest level entry points into the flow? (Load, StartOfTest, Unload)
  9. Assuming SubFlows, how many input ports are allowed? How are the return ports specified?
  10. Where is the Pattern Exec called from? (Calling it from low in the hierarchy - such as from within a TestMethod, allows more control and flexibility. However, calling it from high in the hierarchy would allow an entire sub-flow be grouped under a single Pattern Exec - which could be desireable when creating speed-binning flow - where 2 subflows differ only in the Category/Selector. Or do we consider breaking it apart?)
 
-DVO-
 
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