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Re: confusion about behavior

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Keith Thompson wrote:
) Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> writes:
)> On 8/15/2011 4:33 PM, Seebs wrote:
)>> On 2011-08-15, Kenneth Brody<kenbrody@spamcop.net>  wrote:
)>>> The second '+' shouldn't really say "and that's complete".
)>>>
)>>> The third '+' should really be "there is no '+++' token, nor does any token
)>>> start with it, so _now_ '++' is now complete, and we start a new token,
)>>> consisting of '+', keep looking".
)>>
)>> I'm not sure of this.  I think a tokenizer can reasonably say "I know that
)>> this is a complete token, and that there is no longer token which has this
)>> as a prefix", and punt.
)>
)> True.  (As also pointed out my Keith Thompson.)
)>
)> But, to nit^3, the point on "and that's complete" should include that part. 
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)>   Otherwise, one might argue "but the single '+' is also a complete token", 
)> despite it not being the longest possible complete token.
)
) Seebs already covered your nit^3: "and that there is no longer token
) which has this as a prefix".

He knew that already.  He just pointed out that the second half of the
condition was necessary.  I do not agree that that was a nit to pick,
though, as it was not actually in error in the first place.  More a NB.


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confusion about behavior LJ <djtheshowstopper@gmail.com> - 2011-08-14 11:56 -0700
  Re: confusion about behavior China Blue Tip Wrench <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-08-14 12:05 -0700
  Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-14 12:06 -0700
    Re: confusion about behavior Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-08-15 01:57 +0000
      Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-14 19:10 -0700
        Re: confusion about behavior Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-08-15 03:44 +0100
          Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-14 20:27 -0700
      Re: confusion about behavior Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-08-14 22:52 -0400
      Re: confusion about behavior Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-08-15 04:28 +0000
        Re: confusion about behavior Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-08-15 15:31 -0400
          Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-15 12:36 -0700
          Re: confusion about behavior Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-08-15 20:33 +0000
            Re: confusion about behavior Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-08-16 14:39 -0400
              Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-16 12:27 -0700
                Re: confusion about behavior Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-08-16 19:47 +0000
      Re: confusion about behavior Barry Schwarz <schwarz45@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-05 04:50 -0700
        [OT] Re: confusion about behavior Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-05 09:07 -0400
        Re: confusion about behavior Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-09-06 12:42 -0400
  Re: confusion about behavior James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-08-14 15:10 -0400
    Re: confusion about behavior Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-08-15 02:04 +0000
      Re: confusion about behavior Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-14 19:15 -0700
        Re: confusion about behavior Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-08-15 02:34 +0000
      Re: confusion about behavior James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-08-14 22:37 -0400
    Re: confusion about behavior Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-08-15 02:26 +0000

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