[rules-dev] timer and duration tests releases- and please note the PS!

[Wolfgang Laun]

But you did have to fix things in the Engine?
-W

On 12 December 2010 09:55, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org> wrote:

>  On 11/12/2010 08:59, Wolfgang Laun wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> here now:
>
> Ooh, it seems Eclipse outwitted me once again. But I think I made it on the
> 2nd try...
> -W
>
>  I just ran this on my trunk and the tests passed......
>
> So i'm removing the FIXME.
>
> Mark
>
> PS:
> (1) A decision on the matter of DSL variables would be appreciated. I'm
> currently
> developing a non-trivial DSL, and learning a lot about what's needed for a
> *real world *application. Most importantly, some means of structuring the
> DSL definition, so that they can be applied distinctively to specific
> groups of
> rules. This reduces the risk of "ricochets" if you know what I mean.
>
> I've thought about proposing an entirely new approach, based on DRL
> syntactic
> entities, i.e., the expansion of a DSL phrase must be a "medium level"
> non-terminal
> of the DRL language. But this certainly restricts phrase parameters to
> terminals.
> If it's too sophisticated, you end up with a parser/compiler almost as
> nasty as ANTLR3.
>
> (2) I haven't forgotten the spreadsheet fixes. There's another relic I
> found: some of
> the column keywords have single letter alternatives (e.g. "U" for
> "no-loop", "X" for
> "activation-group"). Should I retain them - they are NOT documented in
> Expert.
>
> Should I add timer(int:)? Duration is deprecated, I'll leave this in but it
> ought to
> be marked clearly as such in the documentation, at least.
>
> Please advise - I  can live with everything - non of this is important for
> my company,
> but I want to get the fixes and additions out of my thinning hair ;-)
>
>
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