[osis-core] Grain regex

[Patrick Durusau]

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

>Is that [ and ] for str and ch?
>
Yes, [ and ] for str and ch.

Patrick

>
>Todd
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
>>core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:41 PM
>>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
>>Subject: Re: [osis-core] Grain regex
>>
>>Todd,
>>
>>For consistency I would prefer [ and ].
>>
>>BTW, my laptop has died (on/off switch problem I suspect) and has been
>>shipped to the local source for repairs. (died about 11 AM today) As
>>
>you
>
>>probably suspect, was using it for the pretty documentation with
>>
>XMLSpy.
>
>>Switching to validation with Xerces but will not have pretty
>>documentation abilities until  the laptop returns. May need to call on
>>you for generating the docs.
>>
>>Any other outstanding issues that will require changes that need to be
>>validated? (I don't know that Steve's earlier reply resolved any other
>>issues with the current candidate for release. If not, post separate
>>subject line messages).
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>Todd Tillinghast wrote:
>>
>>>So would both ch and str be followed by [ and ] or just str?
>>>
>>>Todd
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
>>>>core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Steve DeRose
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:03 AM
>>>>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
>>>>Subject: RE: [osis-core] Grain regex
>>>>
>>>>At 02:56 PM -0600 08/13/02, Todd Tillinghast wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Isn't the string everything after the : until the end of the
>>>>>
>>>reference
>>>
>>>>>OR until the - in the case of the first value in a range reference.
>>>>>
>>>>Could -- but that makes the syntax non-extensible;  and undelimited
>>>>strings make me nervous...
>>>>
>>>>>How would we know when the number ends for the ch:number case?
>>>>>
>Same
>
>>>>>rules.  Neither case requires [ ] to know when the start and end
>>>>>
>are.
>
>>>>>Todd
>>>>>
>>>>True; at the moment. But it seems cleaner to me to throw in the ()
>>>>
>or
>
>>>>[], because
>>>>
>>>>a) it makes the three parts (work/id/grain) parallel
>>>>
>>>>b) it allows for later adding grains with >1 parameter, or adding
>>>>length or other parameters to existing grains
>>>>
>>>>c) it makes it clearer what the scope is in range references, so the
>>>>'-' is less prone to look like it's part of the grain syntax
>>>>
>>>>d) it makes the scope of the grain parameter visually obvious
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Steve DeRose -- http://www.stg.brown.edu/~sjd
>>>>Chair, Bible Technologies Group -- http://www.bibletechnologies.net
>>>>Email: sderose@speakeasy.net
>>>>Backup email: sjd@stg.brown.edu
>>>>
>>--
>>Patrick Durusau
>>Director of Research and Development
>>Society of Biblical Literature
>>pdurusau@emory.edu
>>
>>
>

-- 
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu