On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 02:44:48PM -0700, John Hardin wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2021, Loren Wilton wrote:
>
> > The only nitpick I'd offer is that I'd prefer that the capture tokens be
> > at a single level, like rule names. So you might get:
> >
> > > $pms->{captured_values}->{NAME} = $+{NAME};
> > >
> > > Then use it in a rule:
> > >
> > > body MATCHER /My name is ${NAME}/
>
> The risk with that is rules from multiple sources using colliding variable
> names.
>
> body MATCHER /My name is ${FROM_NAME:NAME}/
>
> ...is explicit and doesn't carry that risk.
I guess the risk is exactly the same as rulenames colliding.. better not
use very generic names and you can always prepend the rulename yourself. :-)
