Re: Yet another newbie question

[Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 26 Aug 1998 15:38 -0500, CORL, Ernie wrote:
 > I have the following entry in my dsssl spec:
 > 	(element sysobj 
 > 		(make element
 > 			gi: "newsysobj"
 > 			attributes: '(("newtype" (attribute-string "type")))
 > ))
 > 
 > But I receive the following error message from Jade:
 > 	"...invalid value for "attributes" characteristic".

Your quoting with "'" is being a bit too successful.  Try:

	(element sysobj 
		(make element
			gi: "newsysobj"
			attributes: (list
				     (list
				       "newtype" (attribute-string "type")))

although the second `list' is possibly unnecessary, in which case
parentheses could be used.

Regards,


Tony Graham
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