[mailinglist] Re: [rules-users] Question on "or" rule syntax

[Brett M. Bergquist]

This was cut'n'pasted from the documentation, so the documentation needs 
fixing.  I'll open a Jira issue on it. 

Thanks.

Edson Tirelli wrote:
>
>    The single binding for multiple OR'ed patterns is a special case 
> and it only supports infix OR:
>
> pensioner : (Person( sex == "f", age > 60 )  or Person( sex == "m", 
> age > 65 ) )
>
>
>     If the documentation is different, it requires fixing.
>
>     []s
>     Edson
>
>
> 2008/5/13 Brett M. Bergquist <brett at thebergquistfamily.com 
> <mailto:brett at thebergquistfamily.com>>:
>
>     If I use this syntax for an "or" with binding:
>
>     pensioner : (or Person( sex == "f", age > 60 )              
>     Person( sex == "m", age > 65 ) )
>
>     I get a compile error.  Is this syntax supported?
>
>     I can successfully use this syntax:
>
>     (or pensioner : Person( sex == "f", age > 60 )   pensioner :
>     Person( sex == "m", age > 65 ) )
>
>     which works okay but I was wondering if the documentation or
>     implementation is incorrect.
>
>
>
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