On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 2:06 PM Bill Deegan <b...@baddogconsulting.com> wrote:
> Am I grossly mistaken, or would separate variables as I've proposed above > also allow specifying as explicitly as the single string which needs to be > regex'd? > You are not mistaken. Multiple variables are certainly possible. However, they are more difficult to reconcile and validate for consistency and in general more verbose from an end-user perspective. That said, the current regex and validation/verification is simply an interface to map a user specification to an internal representation. There's no reason an alternate user-facing interface cannot be adopted (other then catching the author on a bad day). A combination of toolset/product/component (some or all of which are optional), while more difficult to validate and reconcile, could certainly be mapped into the same internal data structures. What may not be obvious from the regex is that it does not allow a product type (component) without being attached to a toolset and/or product. Not sure if this is desirable or not. If it is desireable, then the search algorithm would almost certainly have to be expanded likely with an additional table with a different ranking scheme. Admittedly, have not put much thought into that particular scenario.
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