Re: X3: Alternative operator doesn't reduce?

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:12 PM sehe <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:38 PM Aaron Graham <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > I've written a lot of very complicated qi parsers and I don't remember
> ever
> > running across this problem. It's possible it just never came up, but I
> > doubt it.
>
> I've written a ton of parsers, and yeah this never came up before X3.
>
> I think it didn't use to come up with X3 until some of the fixes
> related to single-element sequence handling but I can't prove it. And
> yeah, it's obnoxious because simple string productions often don't work.
>
> I don't have many examples handy because I basically stopped caring, I
> have learned to work around things, but it is one of the reasons I
> stick with Qi in production.
>

Sounds legit to me. I concur. Have never had a problem with Qi. Tried,
true, proven.

Although, it does beggar the question, will X3 ever be ready for prime
time?

Just adding my $0.02
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<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:12 PM sehe=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">&gt; &gt; On Fri, Jul 10, =
2020 at 5:38 PM Aaron Graham &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t=
arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;ve written a lot of very complicated qi parsers and I don&#39;t =
remember ever<br>
&gt; running across this problem. It&#39;s possible it just never came up, =
but I<br>
&gt; doubt it.<br>
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I&#39;ve written a ton of parsers, and yeah this never came up before X3.<b=
r>
<br>
I think it didn&#39;t use to come up with X3 until some of the fixes<br>
related to single-element sequence handling but I can&#39;t prove it. And<b=
r>
yeah, it&#39;s obnoxious because simple string productions often don&#39;t =
work.<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t have many examples handy because I basically stopped caring, I<=
br>
have learned to work around things, but it is one of the reasons I<br>
stick with Qi in production.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds leg=
it to me. I concur. Have never had a problem with Qi. Tried, true, proven.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Although, it does beggar the question, will X3 eve=
r be ready for prime time?=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204=
,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Just adding my $0.02<br>
<br>
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