Rocco said:
The NFA session doesn't have a single _start event, so there's nowhere
for constructor parameters to go. And while it may have many states,
there's no initial state specified in spawn().
So the key to starting a state is partially documented in the
SYNOPSIS:
# Spawn an NFA and enter its initial state.
POE::NFA->spawn(
inline_states => \%states
)->goto_state( $start_state, $start_event );
That spawns a new POE::NFA instance, enters its initial state, and
fires off an event that notifies the session that the state has been
entered.
The next clue in this puzzle is goto_state() itself. Its third and
subsequent parameters are passed as arguments to the $start_event in
the state being entered.
I hope that helps.
Yes, that does help -- thanks, Rocco!
Tim
