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Matt Joseph's Best of 2007
Matt makes a rundown of what should have been on your wishlist this past year
Add in a little bit of this and a little bit of that and I've hardly had any time at all to write up reviews for the site over the past twelve months or so, but that doesn't mean I stopped buying and watching DVDs. Sure, I fell asleep during plenty after getting in late and popping something in and it usually took two or three nights to get all the way through most discs, but I've still managed to check out more than my fair share since this time last year. I also jumped headfirst into both HD DVD and Blu-ray, which in addition to plenty of the year's new releases led to watching many of my old favourites all over again in glorious high definition.
But never mind all that—you didn't come to read about my year like some belated and lame family Christmas letter. Here are my selections for the best of what was available in region one during 2007 on both standard DVD and high definition formats.
In all honesty Pan's Labyrinth is like fourth on my list of favourite Guillermo del Toro films after The Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Hellboy, but it was still 99% better than most of the film's released on DVD over the past year. New Line Home Video's two-disc release was up in that percentile as far as DVDs go too with an outstanding presentation and some really nice extras to go along with the feature. Calling it the best new release DVD of 2007 was still a close call considering the competition, but after taking into account that I purchased three separate versions of the movie throughout the year the choice became perfectly clear. Be sure to check out Chris Gould's review of the region two, two-disc set from Optimum for the lowdown on one of the best fantasy flicks in recent years.
Runners-Up Best New Release DVD
My runners-up for best new DVD release are all great two-disc sets in their own right. The Departed may have lacked a commentary track, but the rest of the Oscar-Winning film's set—including the TCM Scorsese on Scorsese documentary not found on hi-def versions—was worth a nod. The Host was quite simply the best monster movie I've seen in several years, and its off-kilter ways kept it in the back of my mind far after the first viewing and led to more than one repeat spin in my player.
Live Free or Die Hard was a nice surprise after not allowing myself to get my hopes up, and the two-disc unrated edition packed some real punch with an outstanding presentation and some real meaty extras including one of the year's better commentary tracks and a candid, 25-minute interview with Bruce Willis by Kevin Smith. Casino Royale (Gabe's review) was my favourite action film released on DVD in 2007. Sony's two-disc set really brought the secret agent home in style, and even thought the extras felt a little light compared to the other choices presented here the movie's presentation was right on and a real bright spot early in the year.
Fans of this semi-cult classic waited years for somebody to release the film on DVD and most would have probably been happy with just a vanilla disc with decent picture and sound. Leave it to Lionsgate to treat the die-hard faithful to a two-disc set loaded with some spooktacular features to go along with a really nice presentation. As if the commentary tracks weren't enough, they even included a feature length documentary on the making-of the movie to satiate your appetite for everything Monster Squad on the second disc and all for a bargain price at most retailers to boot. If you want to know more, this was one of the few DVDs that I managed to review this past year and you can read all about it here.
Runners-Up Best Catalog Release DVD
Taxi Driver finally got shown some love on DVD with a feature packed set, and if you think that's not reason enough for it to be mentioned here you obviously haven't seen the film. So you say you haven't seen it? Here's a dunce cap—and I want you to wear it until you sit down in your recliner and take a ride in Travis' taxi for the evening…shame on you. Robocop received similar treatment after languishing in catalog hell ever since Criterion's disc went out-of-print and a half-hearted attempt at a special edition was released a couple of years ago. The new two-disc set featured both the theatrical and unrated cuts of the film, a fairly solid presentation, and some decent extras spread across both discs.
Next up is Anchor Bay's Phantasm (Gabe's review), which is a really nice set that lands here by default over another Anchor Bay Collection title, Re-Animator (Gabe's review…again). I liked both sets a lot, but the Re-Animator set was just a rehash of Elite's Millennium Edition from a few years back save for a new documentary and without the isolated score included. To be fair, Phantasm and its extras had been released previously as part of an elaborate set of all four movies by Anchor Bay as well, but that was overseas in the UK which meant for many this was their first chance to score a really nice version with anamorphic widescreen and plenty of extras here in region one. Lastly there's Criterion's Robinson Crusoe on Mars, which finally made its way over from their laserdisc vault with a shiny new transfer and plenty of supplements. There were a few new discs released from the folks at The Criterion Collection this year that were all worthy of praise—such as The Third Man and If…—but I didn't grow up watching those on late night television either, so this was easily my first choice when it came to picking one of their discs for inclusion here. If you're a fan of classic science fiction flicks, do yourself a favor and check it out as it's definitely worth your time.
If you've missed out on Showtime's breakout hit then there's no better place to start than with Dexter: The Complete First Season. This show was my surprise favourite this past year and kept me glued to the television longer than what was probably healthy on one particular Saturday when I ran through half a dozen episodes back-to-back. Dexter's got a little bit of everything up its sleeves, and Michael C. Hall's lead performance as the serial killer with a conscience is one of the best currently on television. The four-disc set has a nice set of extras to accompany the series and should set the stage nicely for those waiting on the second season to be released later this year on home video.
Runners-Up Best Television Show On DVD
Finally somebody realized that releasing Twin Peaks on DVD without its pilot episode was just a bad idea and rectified the situation by including it and both seasons of producer David Lynch's landmark series on DVD with a plenty of extras. The result was a damn fine set from Paramount Home Video in Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition that no cherry pie loving fan should go without. Universal Home Video hit a home run with their release of Heroes: Season One with a set chock full of extras and a decent presentation, and fans who were lucky enough to purchase the set on HD DVD got even a few more surprises when popping each disc in their players.
Releasing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the same manner that they did the complete Get Smart last year by offering it for a limited time as a direct from Time-Life exclusive and as a complete set may limit its exposure to a lot of casual DVD buyers, but after checking out a friend's copy of the set I'd urge anyone else to do the same. Included was every episode of the series presented in excellent quality and a hours of extras that I wished I'd had the time to go through 100%. Lost may have started its third season off slower than fans would have liked, but if you weren't glued to your television screens by the end then there's no help for you. Disney gave the show a great third volume that kept up quality-wise with the previous seasons' releases and upped the ante in the special features department. Quality, quality stuff here folks, and for a real treat make sure to check out the Blu-ray release for the better than broadcast experience.
Those with an HD DVD player should definitely have made The Ultimte Matrix Collection a top priority this past year. The pristine presentation for all three films and the extras—especially Warner's In-Movie Experience picture-in-picture feature—made a second go around with this set like watching the trilogy for the first time all over again. The only real disappointment was that The Animatrix wasn't presented in high definition, but overall that fact didn't hurt the set badly at all. If you've yet to make the jump to high definition just yet make sure to replace your standard definition collection with either the HD DVD or the eventual Blu-ray release as it's definitely worth it.
Runners-Up Best Boxed Set
I have some reservations including the Harry Potter boxed set here as it's assuredly not the last such set we'll be seeing from Warner Home Video with two movies yet to go and all, but it's a nice set nonetheless and a great place to start if you've yet to purchase any of the Potter films on home video or are looking to upgrade to either HD DVD or Blu-ray. The movies are as magical as their characters, the presentation for each is superb and there are plenty of special features to be found on each disc. Warner also gets kudos for their Stanley Kubrick boxed set, which included new special editions of five of the director's films from the studio and the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures on a separate disc and exclusive to the set. The quality of each presentation and the extras included—my favourite being a commentary track on Full Metal Jacket with R. Lee Emery and Vincent D'Onofrio—make this set mandatory for Kubrick fans. For more casual viewers Warner has also thankfully released each film individually on both standard definition DVD and high definition formats.
I loved Shaun of the Dead, but I love Hot Fuzz even more. The second feature film from the team of Pegg and Wright is packed to the gills with so much stuff here and there that it demands repeat viewing, and it gets better every time I see it. Universal did the HD DVD up right—even if they did leave standard DVD owners holding the bag—by producing a disc loaded with virtually every extra found on the original region two DVD release including multiple commentaries, plenty of behind the scenes featurettes, and an amateur film from Wright that even contains its own commentary tracks. You would have been hard pressed to find another HD DVD release this year that looked and sounded this good and with as many hours of extras as Hot Fuzz (Chris Gould's region two, standard definition DVD review).
Runners-Up Best HD DVD Release
Warner Home Video's 300 (Chris' region two, standard definition DVD review) was a balls to the walls action flick and little else, but who's to say that there's anything wrong with that? Both high definition versions featured stellar presentations, but the picture-in-picture feature which enabled viewers to watch the movie sans special effects work found only on the HD DVD version of the film gave it a slight edge over its Blu-ray cousin. Add in a good commentary track and some other worthwhile extras and you've got yourself one of the best discs released last year in any format. Knocked Up was another feature packed comedy hit from Universal that led to repeat viewings and hours of wasted time going over the extras included. Universal got another certifiable HD DVD hit on their hand's with their release of The Bourne Ultimatum that contained a great presentation and plenty of features to go along with what was the best theater going experience I had all summer.
Lastly comes Paramount Home Video's Transformers (Scott McKenzie's standard definition DVD review) which was a movie that I liked a lot more than it deserved. I don't know if it was just the nostalgia bug that bit me, but the scene where the Autobots arrive to Earth was quite a sight and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the giant robots smash stuff up too. The HD DVD contained the visual goods needed for the film's great visual effects work, and the sound was a real surprise considering it wasn't up the format's usual technical standards. In addition to the excellent presentation there were features aplenty spread across the two-disc set with some exclusive content added as a bonus for HD DVD owners that should be enough to give fans everything they need to know about the making of the picture.
What's not there to love about Disney and Pixar's latest feast for the eyes? The film itself is fantastic and now ranks second to The Incredibles as my favourite picture from the animation studio thanks to a heart-warming story geared towards both the child and adult inside each and every one of us. As far as the technical side goes the Blu-ray release is the best looking film to grace the format yet and there were plenty of extras included to shed light on the making of the picture. If you own a Blu-ray player and haven't yet picked up Ratatouille you're truly depriving yourself of the best that high definition has to offer.
Runners-Up Best Blu-ray Release
The runners-up in this category all feature demo quality technical features and enough special features to satisfy their multitude of fans. Spider-Man 3 (Gabe's review) may not have reached the heights set by its predecessor, Spider-Man 2, but it was still an enjoyable, albeit overstuffed, flick. The two-disc Blu-ray presentation is outstanding in every category, and it's easy to see why Sony decided to include it with their Playstation 3 console late in the year. Superbad was another Sony release that looked and sounded great and had so many features that it too was afforded a two-disc set, so the year's best comedy not called Hot Fuzz gets some 'McLovin' from me.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was certainly the weakest of the three movies in the trilogy, and as such its inclusion here is more for the entirety of Johnny Depp's swashbuckling adventures that were released on Blu-ray during 2007. Framing issues with the fist film aside, all three were a spectacular sight to behold in high definition and included a boatload of extras on six discs, including the entertaining and interactive feature, 'Enter the Maelstrom', on the third picture's bonus disc. Like Paramount's Transformers, another movie that I liked a lot more than it deserved was Fox's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Gabe's standard definition DVD review), which was a much faster and entertaining ride than the first. The presentation was flawless, and with all of the extras from the standard DVD two-disc set ported over to the Blu-ray disc Fox made sure that no fan of the picture was left wanting.
I honestly don't know where to begin in describing just how great Warner Home Video's Blade Runner: The Complete Collector's Edition on Blu-ray and HD DVD really is other than to say it is the most comprehensive chronicle of a motion picture ever released on home video. Five versions of the film, re-mastered as close to perfection as anyone could want and hours of bonus features including multiple commentary tracks and a 3 ½ hour documentary awaited the wise souls who rushed out and picked these discs up the day they were released. They certainly made us fans wait long enough, but boy was this one worth it. As I understand it the standard definition set is outstanding as well, but once you've laid your eyes on these puppies there isn't any going back. Oh yeah, Ridley Scott's movie isn't half bad either.
Runner-Up Best Overall Release
Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind is my sole runner-up for best release of the year with major props going out to the two-disc Blu-ray version and its excellent presentation and additional extras over the three-disc, standard definition set. Like the Blade Runner set, you get every incarnation of the film in all its re-mastered glory and some quality extras, such as a newly conducted, 20-minute interview with the director that partially makes up for his reluctance in doing an actual commentary. Simply put, Sony has created a package for Close Encounters that is out of this world.
Well, I think that pretty much does it for 2007, and thank God seeing as if I had to go through it all over again chances are 50/50 that I wouldn't make it out alive. I hope you enjoyed whatever it is that you spun in your player this past year and continue to do so throughout the coming year, regardless if you're Blu, Red, or steadfastly holding out with good 'ol standard DVD.
Editorial by Matt Joseph
Pixarfan517 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,478
Best DVD of the Year: Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1
Best New Release: Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Casino Royale
Best Catalogue: National Treasure, Close Encounters of a Third Kind
Best Box Set: The Jason Bourne Collection, Harry Potter Years 1-5, Spider-Man 1-3: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Best New Release: Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Casino Royale
Best Catalogue: National Treasure, Close Encounters of a Third Kind
Best Box Set: The Jason Bourne Collection, Harry Potter Years 1-5, Spider-Man 1-3: The Motion Picture Trilogy
LLcruize Member Join Date: January 2005 Location: United States Posts: 448
More love for Hot Fuzz.........my personal favorite release of the year.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I'm happy that our lists aren't carbon copies of eachother Matt, even if some of our favs are the same.
Edgeman05 Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,076
Great article man. Thanks for posting
Kyle Mertes Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 700
Great article, Matt.
And congrats on all your accomplishments!
And congrats on all your accomplishments!
pitdeadite Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 662
Some really great choices there.
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
Some GREAT BEST'S and runner ups. Alot of them are my favorites this year too.
YlowBstard66 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 661
The standard def version of BLADE RUNNER is technically and features wise amazing! I need to atleast see the BD or HD versions once, to see how amazing it is. BR's possibly my favorite film.
nefilim Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 122
Pixarfan517 wrote: Best DVD of the Year: Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1
What a useless release ! 6 mins. of new stuff, is pixar in need of cash maybe ?
What a useless release ! 6 mins. of new stuff, is pixar in need of cash maybe ?
Dave Brock Banned Join Date: November 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,237
A few more extras aside, why is everyone praising the "Taxi Driver" release as a huge thing of greatness?
There's not that much more on there and it's still not been colour restored. Surely the only reason to bother to release it again.
There's not that much more on there and it's still not been colour restored. Surely the only reason to bother to release it again.
Blue-Kal-El Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 602
Agree with most, except for the TV DVD...you didn't even mentioned Friday Night Lights as a runner-up?
I own both Dexter and FNL, and to be honest, FNL blows Dex away...I like Dexter's premise and locations, but it's not as engaging as the storylines of some of the Dillon Panthers. And that's coming from someone who isn't football's greatest fan.
Great writing overall.
I own both Dexter and FNL, and to be honest, FNL blows Dex away...I like Dexter's premise and locations, but it's not as engaging as the storylines of some of the Dillon Panthers. And that's coming from someone who isn't football's greatest fan.
Great writing overall.
highdough Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 49
Pretty good overall, but Spiderman 3 was pretty bad, I walked out after the first 20 minutes of Fantastic Four and Pirates was mediocre at best. Were there not three better films that came out on Blu-ray that you could have included?
llama Member Join Date: February 2008 Location: United States Posts: 503
Fantastic Four was pretty bad, Spidey 3 was alright, and I really thought that #3 was the best of the Pirates.
lionel Member Join Date: June 2008 Location: United States Posts: 162
MONSTER SQUAD was the best thing of 07' and it was made twenty years ago.
sad, but true.
sad, but true.
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Vault of the Secret Formula
Security Grid
Project Group
DateDecember 2011
LocationWorld of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA
Other Media
A grid of 16 screens shows visitors security camera feeds from within the exhibit galleries in real time, along with 3D building animations, real-time affected camera feeds, and secret messages that seem to come from a "ghost in the machine," and visitor photos taken by two hidden cameras which add their faces to the display.
The centerpiece of the first room in the Vault Experience contains a variety of images constantly in motion: scanning, analyzing, monitoring. Live video feeds from the exhibit convey a feeling of high security, computer code crunches information, 3D wireframe models of the building are analyzed, and faces are scanned, searched for, processed, and deemed "secure." Visitors realize that these faces are of their fellow Coca-Cola enthusiasts, and they step up to be scanned themselves. Almost immediately, they are part of the exhibit!
Periodically, the mysterious figure of a man in a hat appears, and messages appear. It's as if someone was hacking the grid and taking over the security system. Who is it, and what is he up to?
Visitors' images are captured by two hidden cameras embedded in the grid and then "scanned" by the system. The live video feeds from the room are composited in real time to communicate that the security system is finding nonvisible information about visitors.
As entertaining as the overall show is, the Security Grid also serves an operational function: Four of the screens in the grid are real time feeds from the rest of exhibit. World of Coca-Cola staff monitor these feeds to gauge capacity and pulse visitors through the exhibit.
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|0006012: object-like notation for module functions
| I have been recently translating a lot of code from C++ to OCaml, but without using OCaml objects (for my purpose, they trigger errors that are hardly understandable by beginners...). I usually end up translating a lot of calls of the form:
ClassModule.meth self args
While it is easy to do it using replace-regexp, I was wondering if it would not be worth adding a simple syntax for that, that could also be used in a more general context to reduce the size of code to look like object-oriented code without using objects. The idea is that a common idiom in OCaml is to put all the functions working on a specific type in a module, and thus, if we can associate syntactically an identifier with such a module, we can use some object-oriented notation to access all these functions for this identifier (here, I will use "->" for that).
In the above example, when "self" would be introduced in the context, it would be associated with ClassModule (like a type annotation):
let f (self -> ClassModule) =
self->meth1 args;
self->meth2 args;
self->meth3 args;
With arrays:
let list_plus_length ( l -> List ) =
let len = l->length in
l-->map (fun i -> i + len) (* --> put "l" as the second argument of List.map *)
Note that it is not purely syntactic, it must be done with the knowledge of scopes, i.e. during typing. An extension would be to associate modules with types, so that type knowledge would trigger the correct use of functions :
type string -> String
let len (s : string) = s->length
Another advantage of such a notation would be that editors could use their knowledge of the module associated with the identifier to propose completions within that module.
Anybody else interested in having such a notation ?
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dbuenzli (reporter)
2013-05-10 14:02
I would be against such an addition. I think there are already enough notations in OCaml, the language is already sufficiently complex. Moreover it would encourage an imperative style of programming.
I think you should consider using the M.() notation for that need.
ClassModule.(self meth1 args; self meth2 args; self meth3 args)
Now maybe the M.() notation should just fix the precedent it introduced that its parens cannot be replaced by begin end (which if I'm not mistaken was true in the expression language before). So that you could write
self meth1 args;
self meth2 args;
self meth3 args;
Though it should be noted that M.() should not be abused, as it has its own problems see 0005980.
lefessan (developer)
2013-05-10 15:17
I don't see what you mean by "encouraging imperative style", the notation is for calling functions, as shown by my (functional) example on lists, so it does encourage either style of programming.
I think there are two caveats with using M.() notation:
(1) it opens the whole M module, so that there can be collisions with identifiers used in the arguments. With my notation, only the method is prefixed with the module name, so there can be no mistake.
(2) it is not attached to a given identifier. If I have
obj1->meth1 args1;
obj2->meth2 args2;
obj1->meth1 args1;
obj2->meth2 args2;
where obj1 and obj2 use two different modules, my notation is still shorter and unambiguous, while other notations have either to explicit the modules everywhere, or hope there is no collisions between them.
gasche (administrator)
2013-05-10 16:10
I would tend to agree with Daniel that this is maybe not a good use of the (little) free syntactic space with have left. The fact that it overlaps in purpose with the object or record projection on one side, and the local opening on the other is suspicious.
On top of Daniel's suggestion to use local module opening for that, you could make use of a reverse application operator as well:
let open Module in
self|>meth1 foo;
self|>meth2 foo;
self|>meth3 bar;
Daniel : parenthesis (vs. begin/end) have had a special status in the annotation/coercion syntaxes as well: (foo : t), (foo :> t) and (foo : t :> t). I'm not for or against "Foo.begin ... end" (it's fine if it doesn't add ambiguities in the grammar), but I would prefer the more explicit "let open Foo in" for non-one-liners anyway.
dbuenzli (reporter)
2013-05-10 16:23
My point about encouraging imperative style was that this idea seems to stem from imperative code you are disatisfied with. If your idea is to add new notation for calling function I really think it's not only pointless, but also harmful.
It' just going to increase the cognitive burden on code readers and lead to generalized confusion (funny you mention beginners in your first message). This will just be another opportunity to dilute OCaml's programming style and make it a harder language to understand in general.
The difference between --> and -> maybe easy to miss and the whole idea seems rather ad-hoc from a syntactic perspective. What do you for fold_left ?
l--->fold_left f acc
and for fold_right are you going to permit that :
l-->fold_right f acc
Now think about the difference between (if you don't have both things side-by-side)
l0--->fold_left2 f acc l1
fold_left f acc l0 l1
l0---->fold_left2 f acc l1
fold_left f acc l1 l0
If you want to increase the power of the language for obfuscated OCaml contests, that could be a good addition.
dbuenzli (reporter)
2013-05-10 16:39
Side note: your original problem may not be unrelated to the fact that usually when you do bindings to a library written in another language you end up programming with the idioms and style of that other language.
Making thin bindings is (mostly) the easy part. Building on top of these an (as light as possible) abstraction that exposes that functionality naturally in your language is where the challenge resides.
hongboz (developer)
2013-05-10 16:41
I am for such proposal, 'let open M in' is too dangerous for real world usage, we can reuse '|>' syntax for functional style.
let (m:M) =
m |> map |> fold
Here no 'let open'
lefessan (developer)
2013-05-10 16:48
I don't think having an additional notation would be a problem for beginners, when it is easy to understand. It is easy to explain how this new "->" notation works, which is not the case when using objects and their error messages...
The "--->" notation was just to generalize "->" to arbitrary position. Personally, I only care about "->" that adds the "object" as the first argument. Still, I don't think "-->" is so ugly, and the existence of a shorter notation does not force programmers to use it for cases like fold_left2 !
garrigue (manager)
2013-05-13 10:48
First question: is your problems with objects only errors, or are they really a bad fit.
(I ask this because C++ code sometimes only uses classes as modules...)
But if we are talking about object-oriented code, what is the problem with error messages?
Wouldn't it be more productive to improve error messages than to introduce yet a new syntax for an encoding of objects into modules?
In particular, since the times of O'Labl, I think that the main problem with objects and beginners is allowing calling methods on objects of unknown types, since this creates complex inferred types, and may easily lead to clashes between object types. In O'Labl there was a warning when you did that.
Outside of this case (i.e. inferred object types), do you really have cases of hard to understand error messages?
As for the need to use scope information obtained during typing, I think this is mostly about making it more robust (have an error if the definition of l has been shadowed). Otherwise this can be completely syntactic, and you can already do that with Camlp4. The error message in case of shadowing will just be less explicit. But in fact making it completely syntactic is nicer in some situations:
let f ( l -> List) =
let l = l --> map succ in
l --> filter (fun x -> x > 2)
Just by keeping the same name you can go on using the syntax in functional code.
(Not that I particularly like it...)
lefessan (developer)
2013-05-13 11:40
1/ yes, part of my main problem with objects is type-inference on unknown object types. I have not checked it again recently, but when I used objects an application with 3.12, I could generate error messages that took me a lot of time to understand and to fix. I know that the fix would be "always annotate with types", but how do you enforce that on beginners ? Maybe the warning from olabl should be brought back, but anyway, it would not be by default (for backward compatibility of warn-errors), and so, would not be of any help for beginners.
My other problem with objects is that I think late binding of virtual methods makes code unreadable, you have to always search among all the classes in a hierarchy to understand which code is really executed. It is nice for prototyping fast, but makes the code harder to maintain on the long term. So, when I can, I just avoid it.
2/ Indeed, it can be done with camlp4, and you have a point that it makes sense to have a purely syntactic behavior. Anyway, my initial question was "does anybody else feel the need for it ?", because if many would have replied yes, it would have been interesting to have it in the standard syntax instead of just an extension.
garrigue (manager)
2013-05-13 11:56
>Maybe the warning from olabl should be brought back, but anyway, it would not be by default (for backward compatibility of warn-errors), and so, would not be of any help for beginners.
I think there is an agreement that blanket -warn-error A in published code is a very bad idea.
This should not stop us from adding new warning if some style appears to be counter-productive.
frisch (developer)
2013-05-13 15:16
|My personal opinion is that the proposed feature does not bring enough to the language to justify the introduction of a new concept and syntax.
gasche (administrator)
2013-05-17 18:36
Being in a bug-triaging mood I'm tempted to mark this bug as something else than "new". As it looks there is more opposition to the feature than support, I'm preparing for it to be thrown in the dustbin of history by marking it "suspended", but that's more because all the other "status" choice were less convincing than because I think there is no more discussion to be had on the issue -- I'm hoping it will die down by itself, but strong arguments in either direction are welcome.
(On a strictly personal level I don't really like the feature, but have no strong argument either against -- it's just that I think we can find better use for whatever notations could be chosen. I think the "purely syntactic" version would be better: what we are discussing is a "notation" in the spirit of Coq's Notation mechanism or Agda's more recent "syntax" binding feature. A classification which is maybe not a compliment.)
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UNGEI, the Education for All (EFA) flagship for girls' education, is a partnership that embraces the United Nations system, governments, donor countries, non-governmental organizations, civil society, the private sector, and communities and families. UNGEI provides stakeholders with a platform for action and galvanizes their efforts to enable girls as well as boys to complete a quality education an essential step towards sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.
The UNGEI partnership, said Fyles, is well placed to help to ensure that countries refocus attention on eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education as a necessary precursor to its elimination at all levels by 2015.
Since 2003, Nora has worked for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), where she represented the agency in key global partnerships, such as UNGEI, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the UNAIDS Interagency task team on education (IATT) and the EFA International Advisory Panel.
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Michigan Municipalities Should Share Fair and Square
Michigan Municipalities Should Share Fair and Square
It used to be that a penny saved was a penny earned, but Michigan's revenue sharing program ensures that a penny taxed is two pennies received for some privileged cities.
The 27-year-old program was established to help local governments diversify their revenue sources.
Each year over a billion dollars of state sales tax money is divvied up among Michigan cities, villages, townships, and counties according to a controversial formula based partly on how high local taxes are.
Detroit, with the state's highest taxes, will receive this year almost a quarter of the entire revenue sharing fund—or $323.00 per resident—even though it has only 11 percent of Michigan's population.
By contrast, lower tax Grand Rapids, the state's second largest city, will only receive $122.00 per resident.
This has led some lawmakers to question why cities that raise taxes are rewarded while those promoting economic growth through low taxes are punished.
A bipartisan task force is meeting this year to consider a more equitable distribution formula for the program. Members of this task force should insist that fairness and sound economics be made part of the revenue sharing equation.
For the Mackinac Center, this is Catherine Martin.


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In her first collegiate game Longden, an elementary education major from Jacksonville Fla., scored the lone goal in the Lady Bisons' 1-0 home victory against Austin Peay. The win marked just their third season-opening win ever, and first under fourth-year head coach John Ireland. The last such victory came on the road at South Carolina State in 2004. The last time the Lady Bisons won their home opener occurred in 2002, with a 2-1 victory against Martin Methodist.
Terry, a native of Carrollton, Texas, made her first collegiate start in the central defense and led Campbell to a 2-1 victory against Francis Marion, on Friday, for the Camels' first season-opening win since 2005. After starting her first two years as a forward for the Camels, the exercise science major shifted to the back line and helped marshall a unit that allowed only seven shots on the game -- and just two on goal. Terry, who played the full 90 minutes, and the Camel defense did not allow a shot on goal for the final 44:43 of the contest to protect the one-goal margin.
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Stephanie Powers - FGCU (GK, Seffner, Fla. So., Major - Undeclared) - Powers held the UCF offense scoreless, recording three saves in the first half. It wasn't until the 67th minute that UCF could get one by Powers. In the second half, Powers recorded five saves to set a career and FGCU single game record with eight saves.
Olga Ekblom - Campbell (F, Stockholm, Sweden, So., Major- International Business) - Ekblom, a member of the 2008 A-Sun All-Freshman team, began her sophomore campaign in style when she scored the game-winning goal in Friday's 2-1 victory over Francis Marion to give Campbell its first win in a season opener since 2005. Three of her four shots were on target, including a 25th minute strike that proved to be the decisive goal.
Jessie Kupstas - Mercer (D, Suwanee, Ga., So., Major - Biology) - Kupstas provided the insurance goal in Mercer's 2-0 victory over Jacksonville State on Aug. 21. Kupstas recorded three shots on net and led the way on defense for the Bears, who limited the Gamecocks to just five shots in the contest.
Jamie Loftis - Belmont (MF/F, Hermitage, Tenn., So. Major - Mathematics) - Sophomore Jamie Loftis notched the lone goal and game winner in Belmont's preseason exhibition match against Southern Indiana over the weekend.


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Guo Yue already has been selected by Chinese National Team
to play London Olympic table tennis women team Event.
Guo Yue and Li Xiao Xia's double is the absolute No.1 in the
world. So, Li Xiao Xia will be in the list to play single event in London
Olympic Games.
Compare the two players:
Ding Ning (22 years old) and Guo Yan (29 years old), they are both from
Beijing Team. For the long run if Guo Yan play Olympic Games, she can play once
time only this year, Ding Ning can play Olympic Games more times as well as she
currently holds the World champion and World Cup titles. Who will be the best
candidate for London Olympic Games is obvious. Guo Yan will yield the chance to
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Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget for next year was approved by the Senate after an unusually brief debate Wednesday in a sign of the state's improved fiscal condition.
Senators voted 42-5 to pass the $36.8 billion budget and send it to a conference committee with the House. All 35 Democrats and seven Republicans voted in favor of the budget, which comes close to eliminating what was once a nearly $2 billion long-term revenue shortfall.
"I can't remember any time the budget was adopted by a larger margin." said Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Unlike the current budget, which runs through June 30, next year's is not accompanied by tax increase to bring it into balance.
Miller put the bill on a fast track, holding both a preliminary and a final vote on a single day. He told senators he wants to start negotiations with the House quickly in order to avoid a repeat of last year's end to the 90-day session, when contentious budget negotiations dragged into the final hours of the last day. As a result of the chaotic conclusion, companion bills to the budget did not pass before time ran out, resulting in a special session to pass a budget fix.
"We're not going to duplicate the bad results of the end of the session last year," Miller said. He said there are still "stark" differences with the House over such matters as pensions and education aid to rural counties but added that the gap is not as great as last year's.
Before the final vote, Republican senators put up a token resistance during a budget amendment process that took less than an hour -- far less time than it usually takes. They offered only six amendments -- one agreed to by the budget committee and five rejected by wide margins. Unlike in past years, none of the GOP amendments focused on the overall size of the budget. Instead they focused on such policy issues as school security, abortion and stem cell research.
Senate Minority Leader E. J. Pipkin, an Eastern Shore Republican, said the high level of GOP support for the budget reflects the fact more revenue is coming in because of past years' tax increases.
"This year was different," he said. "This year was about dividing up the pie."
Pipkin himself opposed the budget, complaining that it grows by $1 billion over this year's spending level.
Miller, a Calvert County Democrat, attributed the strong bipartisan support to an improved economy, increased employment and increased spending on social programs.


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Game of Thrones Interactive Features on HBO Go
HBO Go is one of the best streaming-video apps for iOS. HBO's Game of Thrones is one of the best television shows of the last decade. Like chocolate and peanut butter, these are two great tastes that taste great together. If your television provider allows access to HBO Go and you dig Game of Thrones then you owe it to yourself to check out the "Interactive Features" available only through streaming (WiFi only at the moment). Whether you're new to the series or have been enjoying the George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books since 1996, the extra information and short video features on HBO Go make Game of Thrones more enjoyable. Check out some additional details and screens below.
You'll notice that the screens I've snapped were taken from a portrait perspective. I recommend watching Game of Thrones on HBO Go in portrait mode so that you can watch the show and play with the interactive features at the same time.
The brief character descriptions that pop up during key scenes are particularly useful to newcomers. With hundreds of characters, it's hard to keep track of them all. Take Yoren, shown in the screen above, for example. Some viewers will remember him as the Night's Watchman that accompanied Tyrion Lannister from The Wall to the south. Others will not remember him since — let's face it — all Night's Watchmen pretty much look the same. Thankfully, a synopsis on Yoren pops up during his first major scene in episode two. These descriptions not only appear for new characters, but for old ones that are mentioned but can't appear in this season for various reasons (like death by molten-gold crowns).
The house descriptions are fantastic for those new to the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. The house crests, house mottos, and key figures are listed for each major family. The screen above shows a scene with daddy Balon Greyjoy and his lost son Theon. Fans that haven't read the books know very little about the Greyjoy family; they've seen Theon, but have only heard about the others from Tyrion's description of the Greyjoy Rebellion. Being able to pull up a cheat sheet on the major houses of Westeros is fantastic for those trying to figure out what each house is all about and where they fit into the story.
The same goes for the interactive map below. Several new locations are used in this season of Game of Thrones. It's likely that viewers will have no idea where Dragonstone and the Iron Islands are in relation to King's Landing and Winterfell, respectively. The map helps viewers get a better understanding of where all the different events are taking place.
Naturally, there are several interactive features that can be enjoyed by those new to the series and those that have read the books multiple times. The descriptions and sketches of the new set pieces are sweet. What's even sweeter are the short videos featuring the creators and actors in the show, as well as book author George Martin.
The videos are the meatiest content on HBO Go and a real treat. It's fun hearing Martin expand on some of concepts mentioned in the show. It's cool to listen to the actors talk about their characters. I loved learning more about the behind-the-scenes talent on the show, like production designer Gemma Jackson. The woman has found incredible locations and created amazing sets. Getting her perspective on them was brilliant.
In a nutshell, the awesome Game of Thrones show is taken to a whole new level thanks to the awesome HBO Go app and service. The interactive features help you learn more about the show, understand the show better on multiple levels, and ultimately add a whole new layer of enjoyment. This is a fantastic way to use modern media to create loyalty to the old subscription-television model.
Any of you digging Game of Thrones on HBO Go? If so, please talk about your favorite features in the comments section.


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The Italian Election: Monti Points to His Legacy
Former Prime Minister Mario Monti entered the election race shortly after resigning from his technocratic government at the end of last year. Dow Jones's Christopher Emsden assesses his legacy and whether Italian voters will be won over by him.
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I ... Prime Minister Mario Monti faces ... a dilemma ASEAN's is thirteen months of the helmet technocrat government in Italy ... Larry was drafted in ... to ... execute ... basically of fiscal austerity program to ... restore sustainability confidence in Italy's public finances ... Mr. Monti has ... been a ... rather a novel experience of all of us descended about every twenty years Italy has a technocrat government ... there were some in the early nineteen nineties that also did blood and tears reforms ... and our ... were very surfaced really serious is also very concerned that his departure ... will remove ... his voice from the European policy debates ... which is why he rarely criticizes his main rival ... the indigenous on to the Democratic party but his concerns that that person will not have the same clout in proceeds he does on the European stage one Nordic bank analysts recently said ... is that to the puppet master the European Union ... with all the other leaders to the following behind ... his lead on a lot of policy matters ... he is seen as the various over this somewhat severe person ... broadly trusted ... or are ... making common sense and fair minded decisions ... in what is usually very partisan for a ... year ... that said polls clearly show that while a tie ins are ... appreciative of his efforts they do not want him to turn what has been the sort of technocrat mandates ... an emergency mended if you will ... into a fillet errors mandate when he becomes a politician ... this is part of ... her will be remembered I think by three things I will remember as ... off period as a ... tough year of high taxes and rising unemployment ... it stays somewhat generous but no doubt true ... description of the of the era of this year and power ... others will remember it as ... the ... year when Italy took the bitter medicine necessary ... to to keep the euro alive and to remain in it ... so that ultimately it is soft participation in the euro ... will be saw ... had beneficial in the future ... there is the third element that I think he was also widely remembered which is that Mr. Motey came and replaced Silvio Berlusconi ... and ... inevitably there was that it was Mr. Berlusconi has been all the political scene in Italy for twenty years had to leave ... but nobody knew how to make that happen Mr. the study shows no signs of ... voluntary exit as it plans to run in


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May 4, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 8 Florida State (37-9) captured its sixth consecutive victory with a 6-1 victory over No. 30 UCF (26-21) Saturday evening on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium to clinch the season series from the Knights. A crowd of 4,215 was on hand in game two to watch the Seminoles and Knights battle under unusually cold and windy conditions.
"It was a good win," said head coach Mike Martin. "There's no two ways about it; it was a good win. The conditions were tough for both clubs tonight."
The Seminoles once again got another outstanding performance from their starting pitcher as this time Brandon Leibrandt went 7.0 strong allowing an unearned run on five hits as he walked one and struck out nine to improve to 7-4 on the year. The sophomore southpaw also registered two more pickoffs to bring his season total to 10.
"I felt like I had pretty good stuff tonight," said Leibrandt. "I was able to make some pitches here and there and I had a great defense behind me; some of the best catches I have ever seen. No doubt, it was a great team win."
Over the last six games, FSU's starting pitchers have combined to allow just three runs, two earned, in 40.0 innings of work – good for an ERA of 0.45. They have registered 48 strikeouts while yielding 26 hits and just 10 walks over that span.
Gage Smith worked the final two innings on Saturday night allowing a pair of hits while striking out two to preserve the victory.
"Leibrandt did a very good job; Gage did an outstanding job and let's face it that's what it's about (good pitching)," said Martin.
Leibrandt and Smith were also the beneficiaries of a few defensive gems turned in by the Seminoles Saturday night. The first came from Jameis Winston in the third as he got a great jump in right to catch a liner off the bat of Erik Barber and keep a Knight runner from tagging up and scoring from third. The UCF centerfielder was the victim once again in the sixth when Giovanny Alfonzo climbed the ladder to take away a base hit. Seth Miller added to the highlight reel in the seventh with an over the head catch in straight away center, while John Nogowski made a great diving, over the head grab on a pop-up in foul territory off the bat of Parker Webster in the top of the ninth.
"I was blocked off from Nogowski's catch, but Seth's was a thing of beauty and Gio's was pure athleticism," added Martin. "Don't forget the outstanding play Jameis Winston made; my gosh that was going to be a base hit and he comes in and makes an unbelievable catch to hold the guy at third. All of them were pretty impressive."
"It is huge for momentum," added Leibrandt on the defense's ability to make big plays. "Anytime a guy makes a play like that, it takes away a base hit and kills the rally."
Offensively, Winston led all Seminole hitters with two hits in the game two victory as his two-run double in the fifth broke open a two-run Florida State lead. Alfonzo also picked up two RBI drawing a pair of walks with the bases loaded.
Florida State tied a season-high with five hit-by-pitches Saturday night as John Sansone led the way with two.
UCF's Chris Matulis suffered the loss falling to 5-3 on the year. The senior southpaw was charged with six runs, five earned, on seven hits in 4.1 innings of work.
The Knights scored first Saturday night taking advantage of a Seminole error in the top of the third. Austin Johnston led off the inning reaching on a two base throwing error at third, moved to third on a groundout to short and scored on Erik Hempe's RBI double to the gap in right center. Leibrandt avoided further damage in the inning as he recorded a lineout and a groundout to hold the Knights to just one run in the inning.
The lead was short lived for UCF as the Seminoles came right back in the bottom of the inning with a run to tie the game at 1-1. Alfonzo led off FSU's half of the third with a double to left center, moved to third on a groundout to second by Brett Knief and scored on DJ Stewart's RBI single to center.
Florida State grabbed its first lead of the night in the fourth when Alfonzo drew a two-out walk with the base loaded to bring home Marcus Davis, who led off the inning with an infield single. Winston kept the inning alive with a two-out base hit to center and Sansone reached on a hit-by-pitch to load the bases.
The Seminoles broke the game open in the fifth scoring four runs off Matulis as Florida State sent 10 batters to the plate to extend their lead to 6-1. After Stephen McGee doubled off the fence in right center to start FSU's one-out rally, the junior catcher would score on a fielding error at second on a groundball off the bat of Davis. The Seminoles then loaded the bases on a hit-by-pitch and a walk as Winston came to the plate and delivered with a two-run double just inside the bag at third. Following another hit-by-pitch to Sansone, Alfonzo picked up his second RBI of the night as he drew his second walk off Matulis with the bases loaded.
"With the bases loaded, you just have to get the job done," said Winston. "Luckily there was one out so I didn't have that much pressure on me. Everyone (in front of me) did their job so I could have a chance to get the hit."
Florida State and UCF will wrap-up its three-game series on Sunday, May 5 at 1:00 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN3. Fans can listen to the game on the Seminoles.com All-Access player and locally on 100.7 FM. As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats will be available via gametracker.


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Northern Ireland-Russia postponed
Friday night's World Cup qualifier between Northern Ireland and Russia has been called off after Windsor Park was blanketed in snow.
The match has been rescheduled for 3pm on Saturday but more bad weather is forecast and another postponement may be on the cards.
Snow covered the pitch overnight and continued to fall throughout the day, frustrating the efforts of Irish Football Association staff, who worked tirelessly in an attempt to try and clear the ground of settled snow.
The snow also forced the closure of the runway at George Best Belfast City Airport and there were concerns over the safety of fans travelling to the Northern Ireland match.
Norwegian referee Tom Hagen began a series of inspections at 10am but it always looked unlikely that the match would get the green light and the decision to postpone the fixture was made at 2.30pm.
More bad weather is expected on Friday night and into Saturday, raising concerns about whether the match will be able to take place this weekend at all.
Officials will meet at 10.30am on Saturday morning and IFA head of communications Geoff Wilson said on Friday: "There has to be an attempt to play the game tomorrow, because FIFA rules say every effort has to be made to play the game the day after a postponement.
"We're looking to play the game tomorrow but we will have a briefing session at 10.30am and have another look at the pitch with the referee.
"We're open to the elements here and I think that, if you look at the elements right now, it probably doesn't look very positive. That being said, stranger things have happened.
"We're on Plan B and there could be a Plan C but, at the moment, we are focused on getting the game on tomorrow.
"There is a real willingness on both federations to play but, according to the weather forecast, it is due to be bad today and for parts of tomorrow."
Windsor Park, which is home to Irish League outfit Linfield, is among the more basic on the international circuit, and does not have any under-soil heating.
Northern Ireland are also due to host Israel on Tuesday but that game may also be doubtful, with the pitch not likely to be in a good condition if the Russia match goes ahead.
And Fabio Capello's Russia side are due to play Brazil in a friendly at Stamford Bridge on Monday, but now face the prospect of a one-day break between matches.


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The Black Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2013 season. The reprise-heavy slate, titled "Treasures and Tributes," will feature restaging of some of the musical company's most popular hits of the last two decades, including "Doo Wop Shop" (opening Feb. 10), "Howlin' at the Moon (The Story of Howlin' Wolf)" (opening July 28, starring Rick Stone once again) and "Chicago's Golden Soul" (opening Oct. 20).
The one new show of 2013 will be "It's All-Right to Have a Good Time: The Story of Curtis Mayfield." The piece about the Chicago musician will be penned by Liz Catherine and directed by Jackie Taylor and Daryl Brooks.


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2013-14: Started the season in the seven seat of the Lightweight 8 entry at the Head of the Charles (10/20) … CRCA Scholar Athlete … rowed in the three position of the A4 entry at the Foot of the Charles (11/16) … started the spring season in the V8 boat in the seven seat at the Beanpot (3/29) … moved to the four position for the next three outings … also rowed in the two seat of the V4A crew at the Knecht Cup (4/12) … moved to the six seat of the for final two races of the season … helped the team to a win against Bucknell for the Dennis Kamrad Trophy at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/10) … also part of a crew that took first-place in the petite final at the IRA Championships (6/1), defeating crews from Georgetown and Tulsa.
2012-13: Rowed in seven events for the Engineers … member of the varsity 8 crew … CRCA Scholar Athlete … sat in the one for all but one race, rowing from there in the Head of the Charles (10/20), the Knecht Cup (4/13), the Muri Cup (4/27), the Dad Vail (5/10) and the IRA Championships (6/1) … silver medal at the Dad Vail Regatta … rowed in the seven seat at the Beanpot (3/30) … also rowed in the A4 boat in the one seat for the Foot of the Charles (11/10).
2011-12: Rowed in varsity 8 at the Dad Vail Regatta, EAWRC Sprints and IRA national championship, sitting in the three seat … rowed in second varsity 8 at the Muri Cup, sitting in the six seat … rowed in novice 8 at the Dartmouth Invitational, Foot of the Charles and Knecht Cup, sitting in the six and eight seat.
Off The Water at MIT: Majoring in biological engineering … intern at Ashe Consultants, PLLC (mechanical and electrical engineering/consulting firm) … investigated antifungal peptides in termites at the Loudoun Academy of Science … Colleges Against Cancer … Baker Leaders … Casino Rueda.
High School: A 2011 graduate of Briar Woods High School … all-district and all-region in lacrosse … basketball team captain … National Honors Society … National Merit Scholar … Loudoun Academy of Science … Wellesley Book award.