For the purposes of code modularization, it would be very desirable to be able to do two things: - redefine (override) machine definitions - attach actions to definitions separately from their original definition and without overriding said original definition
Supposing that the former would be implemented such that a redefinition could reference its previous definition, the latter is natural; e.g. %%{ machine ex; action from_a { printf("got an A\n"); } a = ('a'); a = (super | 'A') %from_a; }%% Perhaps this is a more moderate proposal to http://www.complang.org/pipermail/ragel-users/2008-July/001960.html which would solve some of the same problems. It is also pretty nice for being able to modularize your Ragel machines out of your code, providing the base machine separately and overriding parts piecemeal or attaching transition actions to your code as necessary. k _______________________________________________ ragel-users mailing list ragel-users@complang.org http://www.complang.org/mailman/listinfo/ragel-users