Re: Renaming 'target' and handling "inner" matches

On 4/29/07, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
>
> / "Alex Milowski" <alex@milowski.org> was heard to say:
> | Yes, I suppose.  Since matches are performed on the input document and
> | the insertion is place in the output, it can't happen anyway.
>
> Right. But given we've said nesting continues inside, I think a user
> could imagine that somehow it would.



I've tried to clarify that now.


> |
> | We could also add a "no-nested-matches" option that turns off processing
> | of nested matches.  A value of 'true' wouldn't process inner matches.
>
> Personally, I'd rather not overload the interpretation of expressions.
> If you don't want to nest, make sure your pattern doesn't



OK by me.


-- 
--Alex Milowski
"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics