[rules-dev] '#' deprecated

[Wolfgang Laun]

Forget the "pre-processor flag". You can't convert '#' to '//' safely without
proper parsing: just think of '#' after '//' or '#' between '/*' and '*/',
'#' inside '"' and '"'.

I think that it'll also have some repercussions in template expansion.

The DSL parser is also using '#' and '//'. Some change in the code might
be required, too.

-W


On 06/02/2012, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org> wrote:
> tbh it should have been removed ages ago, it's showing some bit rot
> there, I thought it had been an "internal undocumented" feature for a
> while :)
>
> Could you submit a pull request that expunges it completely?
>
> We need the # character for inline casting and coercion. We'll probably
> add a pre-processor flag to mass convert # to // for backwards
> compatability.
>
> Mark
> On 06/02/2012 16:52, Wolfgang Laun wrote:
>> (Why this sudden return to orthogonality?)
>>
>> Expert still shows the diagram for "comment" with a '#' as the first
>> choice:
>>     images/Chapter-Rule_Language/single_line_comment.png
>>
>> Also, the warning contains a typo:
>>     <para>Drools also suppors for backward compatibility
>>
>> s/suppors/supports/
>>
>>
>> Other chapters in "Expert" still use '#' throughout and in preference of
>> '//'.
>>
>> -W
>> _______________________________________________
>> rules-dev mailing list
>> rules-dev at lists.jboss.org
>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev
>
> _______________________________________________
> rules-dev mailing list
> rules-dev at lists.jboss.org
> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev
>