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[Bug 6908] Definition of pattern facet

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Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:14:50 +0000
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--- Comment #3 from Dave Peterson <davep@iit.edu>  2009-05-14 16:14:50 ---

(In reply to comment #2)
> I was trying to come up with a wording for the definition that did not give the
> impression it was a complete statement of the semantics, that avoided the use
> of "each" which is misleading to a casual reader, and that avoids using the
> word "pattern" in the definition of "pattern", which demands of the reader a
> rather deep knowledge of our esoteric typographical conventions.

Well, just changing the final "patterns" to "regular expressions" gets rid of
the circularity.

How is "each" misleading?  Would "all members" help?


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