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Subject: ODF Part 2 Open Formula - Whitespace between FunctionName andopening parentheses of parameter list

From: Martin Devlin <martin.devlin@ireland.com>
To: office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:50:35 -0800

There appears to be a contradiction in the specification regarding white
space after a function name.

In Section 5.2:

The EBNF for Expression allows Whitespace between the FunctionName and
opening parentheses of the parameterList:

  Expression ::=
    ....
    FunctionName Whitespace* '(' ParameterList ')' |
    ....

In Section 5.14:
"Whitespace shall be ignored just before a function name, but whitespace
shall not separate a function name from its initial opening
parentheses."

I assume the EBNF for Expression needs to be corrected. Hope this helps.

regards,
Martin