On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Paul Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > That's OK - a definite "no" was one of the possible responses I asked > for, so thanks :-) > > Out of interest, is this just a design decision, or are there > fundamental reasons why it's hard? At first glance, I would have > thought that having a check in the parser just before the number > conversion code, to run a user-defined "do you know how to parse > this?" hook, would be easy enough.
The problem is making it composable. What if one vocabulary wants to define 1d2 to mean a dice roll, and another one wants to use this syntax for a decimal float? Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
