[developers] MRS variable naming in recent cheap (LOGON)

[Berthold Crysmann]

PS: The DeEn demo that was affected by this "asymmetry" is now
functional again at http://deen.emmtee.net/logon

and so is the GG demo at http://gg.emmtee.net/logon

B


On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 17:36 +0200, Berthold Crysmann wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 15:15 +0200, Stephan Oepen wrote:
> > > I have spotted some mysterious behaviour with  the recent version of
> > > cheap coming with the LOGON branch: if used without the -t switch, event
> > > variables are output as variable type i (see below), with the -t switch,
> > > however, they surface as "e" (see below). 
> > 
> > just for background: in the LOGON tree, `cheap' (and `flop') will run
> > pre-compiled binaries from the PET `trunk'; `cheap -t' (and `flop -t'), 
> > on the other hand, give you versions from the `cm' branch.  hence, for
> > grammars that make use of chart mapping, i would recommend you always
> > use the (LOGON-specific) `-t' option.
> > 
> > > What is the reason for this? Is there a quick fix?
> > 
> > i suspect that difference may have to do with VPM support, e.g. one of
> > the two binaries may have been compiled against older MRS code.  i had
> > not updated the `cheap' and `flop' binaries for quite some time, but i
> > coincidentally re-compiled those binaries earlier today, from current
> > PET `trunk' sources.
> > 
> > so it may just work to update your LOGON tree (assuming you are on the
> > SVN `trunk'), to make this asymmetry go away?
> > 
> 
> Yes. And, to my delight, the asymmetry is resolved in favour  of the
> e's ;-)
> 
> Thanks a lot. 
> 
> Micha, you should also update. I've seen quite a good deal of i's in the
> MRSs you sent me that should've been e's. 
> 
> B
> 
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