[rules-dev] feature request: undo-then

[Mark Proctor]

Greg Barton wrote:
> --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Geoffrey De Smet <ge0ffrey.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The current workarounds [to undo-then] are clunky:
>> - Writing an negative (opposite) rule isn't efficient:
>> it means declaring the rule twice effectively. Also the
>> negative rule is usually using lots of or's and
>> not's which isn't fast.
>>     
>
> This would be made easier by...drum roll please...the else clause! :)
>   
yes we want OPSJ style else statements, edson has an idea on how to do 
that, just a matter of time :(
> Now, if there was the else clause plus undo-then/closures you could probably write an entire complex ruleset in one rule.  Might as well just use perl, then. :P 
>   
heh, that's true you would have potentially encapsulated 4 possible 
executions in a single rule.
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