[developers] minor LKB code changes

[Berthold Crysmann]

Ann Copestake wrote:

>benjamin.waldron at cl.cam.ac.uk said:
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>>I've just checked in this code, so you can use it too. The parameter is
>>*lex-rule-show-one-step*. It defaults to T, but if you set it to NIL you
>>will see all morphological realisations. Of course, if there is a black  hole
>>in your morphology component you may then get sucked in...
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>Since this is going to developers, which is a largish list and is archived, I 
>need to point out that this is a bit misleading.  If your grammar is the 
>current ERG you _will_ get sucked in and I would not like to argue that the 
>ERG has a black hole ...  The problem is that the behaviour that has been 
>re-enabled via *lex-rule-show-one-step* is uncontrolled when the grammar has a 
>high number of lexical rules that apply more than once, which is now the case 
>for the ERG's punctuation rules.  There is currently no way of controlling the 
>behaviour, so do not use this option unless you are either completely sure 
>your grammar does not have a high fanout or are prepared for your session to 
>crash!
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Just a quick question: is  depth of rule application constrained at all, 
then?

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