[developers] extension to the REPP sub-formalism

goodman.m.w at gmail.com goodman.m.w at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 04:20:57 UTC 2021


Great, it sounds like we're in agreement, then.

Thanks again for following up.

On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 12:56 PM Stephan Oepen <oe at ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> hi again, mike,
>
> > Do you have a strong case for exempting masked regions from the normal
> characterization behavior?
>
> far from it; that would in fact seem counter-intuitive to me just now.
>
> i have a sense i quite likely wrote that footnote you cite, but i also
> realize i do not currently have the full rationale behind that conclusion
> available (and do not feel like doubting it).
>
> in any case, thanks for the refresher.  with this assumption, i now see
> why duplication or swapping around of masked regions is problematic.  i
> sometimes worry that REPP may be a bit like, say, awk(1): lurking edge
> cases that the original inventor(s) did not anticipate make a sound and
> complete implementation harder than first meets the eye :-).
>
> all best, oe
>
>
>
>

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-Michael Wayne Goodman
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