[ragel-users] Re: Bug or feature?

[Carlos Antunes]

Adrian,

Ok, read the thread and that message specifically. I still don't get
why a machine that doesn't get entered gets to be exited. If a
transition goes around, not through, the machine, why would the exit
action of that machine be called? After all, that optional machine
final state may never be transitioned to, right? How come it can be
transitioned from, then?

Thanks!

Carlos

On 7/14/07, Adrian Thurston <thurs... at cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> See this thread:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/ragel-users/browse_thread/thread/9509ab83d7f022f1/
>
> And in particular this message:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/ragel-users/msg/79546a93494e6773
>
> -Adrian
>
> Carlos Antunes wrote:
> > Adrian,
> >
> > I have the following construct:
> >
> > password = password_char**
> >                >{ capture_start(capid_password, p); }
> >                %{ capture_stop(capid_password, p); };
> >
> > When I feed a string that doesn't match "password", "capture_stop" is
> > immediately called but not "capture_start". I would expect that either
> > both or none are called (I prefer both). What say you?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Carlos
> >
>
>
>


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