Chapter 7 General description

17. General description

2This text is informative.

3This International Standard is intended to be used by implementers, academics, and application

4programmers. As such, it contains a considerable amount of explanatory material that, strictly speaking, is

5not necessary in a formal language specification.

6This standard is divided into the following subdivisions:

71. Front matter (clauses 1–7);

82. Language overview (clause 8);

93. The language syntax, constraints, and semantics (clauses 9–27);

104. Annexes

11Examples are provided to illustrate possible forms of the constructions described. References are used to

12refer to related clauses. Notes are provided to give advice or guidance to implementers or programmers.

13Annexes provide additional information and summarize the information contained in this International

14Standard.

15Clauses 1–5, 9–24, the beginning of 25, clauses 26 and 27, and the beginning of annex D form a normative

16part of this standard; all of clause 25 with the exception of the beginning is conditionally normative; and

17Foreword, Introduction, clauses 6–8, annexes A, B, C, and most of D, notes, examples, and the index are

18informative.

19End of informative text.

20Informative text is indicated in the following ways:

211. Whole or partial clauses or annexes delimited by “This clause/text is informative”and “End of

22informative text”.

232. [Example: The following example … code fragment, possibly with some narrative … end example]

243. [Note: narrative … end note]

25All text not marked as being informative is normative.

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