Another question...

Given patterns like:

(defclass MyObject com.myco.MyObject (activate PER-SLOT))

(defrule does-this-match
   (MyObject)
=>
)

(defrule should-activate-when-object-exists
   (other)
   (not (MyObject))
=>
)

How would these patterns work? Since *no* slots are mentioned it isn't clear
what would happen.

alan

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:28 PM
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Subject: JESS: "Single-slot activations"


Hi Folks,

So I've got a partial implementation of this thing we've been calling
"single-slot activations"; this is the Jess mode in which if a fact is
matched by a rule, and some slot in that fact which is not explicitly
mentioned in the rule's patterns is modified, the rule's activation
state is unchanged.

This is going to be a property of certain deftemplates --
i.e., you can say

  (deftemplate foo (declare (xyzzy TRUE)) (slot x) (slot y))

to get a template that will behave this way. 

My dilemma: I don't have a catchy name for this. I actually have been
coding it up using the nonce word "xyzzy", just as shown in the
example. What should this be called instead? "single-slot-activation"
is kind of ungainly. I want to change this, finish the implementation,
and have a "technology preview release" to let people play with it and
get some feedback. Suggestions welcome.

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Ernest Friedman-Hill  
Distributed Systems Research        Phone: (925) 294-2154
Sandia National Labs                FAX:   (925) 294-2234
PO Box 969, MS 9012                 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Livermore, CA 94550         http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov

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