Re: Grammar for DAWG query language

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 12:02:05PM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 11:43:19 +0100, Dave Beckett wrote:
> > I think I guess this is time to propose an alternative since the
> > abutting of SOURCE ?src near a triple isn't working as far as clarity
> > goes.  This is because that in 
> >    SOURCE ?src (?x ?y ?z)
> > users are unsure if SOURCE ?src is part of the () following or
> > previous.  One simple approach is to move the term in the triple:
> > 
> >    (?x ?y ?z SOURCE ?src)
> 
> I quite like that form, its clear what SOURCE refers too.

+1

> >     which could be used like
> >        (?x ?y ?z)->foo:bar(1)
> > 
> >     where 'source' is a standard name.
> 
> This uses a bit too much line-noise for my tastes.
> 
> - Steve

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