OK, answers my question :) It is on the "to do" list already.
On 8 April 2011 13:11, Mark Proctor <mproc...@codehaus.org> wrote: > On 08/04/2011 12:39, Geoffrey De Smet wrote: > > Related to the modify expression, > > I 've always wondered about this code: > > > > rule "MyRule" > > when > > $p : Person(name = "Yoda") > > then > > modify ($p) { > > setAge(300) > > } > > end > > > > Doesn't this create an infinite loop? (In my experience it does or at > > least it takes a lot longer) > > Because the modify ($p) schedules any rule using a Person back on the > > agenda to be re-evaluated, > > so also that rule, which is evaluated and executed again, modifying $p > > again, ... hence the infinite loop? > It would, unless you have slot specific - which Jess does. Slot specific > is something I really want to add, I think it will resolve a lot of > recursion problems and make Drools a lot easier to use. I took the slot > specific problem and genericsed it further for "slot listeners". I > discussed this here: > http://blog.athico.com/2010/07/slot-specific-and-refraction.html. I > think Laune added some refinements to this in a mailing list entry > somewhere. > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev >
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