Re: [SCXML] history state in parallel state

On 15-7-2015 7:59, David Junger wrote:
> Le 14 juil. 2015 à 12:13, Erik Verbruggen <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>> I have a question about history states inside parallel states. Consider this state machine:
>>
>> <scxml>
>> <parallel id="p">
>>     <history id="h">
>>         <transition target="a2"/>
>>     </history>
>>     <state id="a">
>>         <state id="a1"/>
>>         <state id="a2"/>
>>     </state>
>> </parallel>
>> </scxml>
>>
>> The question is: what is the (initial) configuration of the state machine? If I read the standard correctly, it should be (p, a, a2). Is that correct? If not, what did I miss?
>
> No, the initial configuration would be (p -> a -> a1). The history pseudo-states can only be "entered" when targetted explicitly, as you have noticed in the algorithm, and they are not added to any configuration.

Ah, thanks! So, in the example above, targeting it explicitly would mean 
setting the initial state of the scxml to the history state?

-- Erik