Re: [rules-dev] Breaking Changes Suggestions

On 27/03/2012 18:39, Wolfgang Laun wrote: I think you misunderstood the intent of the proposal. It's not that I propose a reusable CE element combination which might indeed be a query. I proposed a parameterized sequence of lexical tokens, aka macro. I trust that you know C and the C preprocessor: I want a macro, not a function. I completely agree. It's one of the reasons why I've not pushed drools-templates more. Because we also have "dsl" which are just another form of templating. I'd prefer both those ideas where condensed into a proper macro language. But it will take a lot of thought.

Mark -W On 27 March 2012 19:07, Mark Proctor <mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; wrote: > query can somewhat help for re-usable elements, as per "Add CE > templates". You can wrap elements in a query and use that inside a > rule, remember our queries are reactive if you leave off the ?. > > Mark > > On 27/03/2012 10:02, Wolfgang Laun wrote: > > I've collected a few things I've been moaning about... They are > > intended to make DRL programming more convenient, given the current > > set of the Engine's capabilities, i.e., enhance Drools' usability! > > > > AFAIK, none of these proposals would break backward compatibility. > > > > Cheers > > Wolfgang > > > > > > On 27/03/2012, Mark Proctor&lt;mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; wrote: > >> I've put up a wiki page to collect thoughts on ideas that would involve > >> breaking backwards compatability in Drools. It's aimed to produce ideas > >> for Drools 6.0. > >> > >> No suggestion is too silly, think of it as a brainstorming area for > >> alternative syntaxes and behaviours to what we have now, so knock > >> yourself out. > >> https://community.jboss.org/wiki/BreakingChangesSuggestions > >> > >> Mark > >> _______________________________________________ > >> rules-dev mailing list > >> rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > rules-dev mailing list > > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing listrules-dev@lists.jboss.orghttps://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing list rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev