--- "Orton, Yves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe: FSA::Rules is better?

I'm quite happy about that name, assuming it truly describes what we've
done.  I also don't have a strong comp-sci background, so I appreciate
"pedant mode."

> Having said that it looks like an interesting module. Id be curious
> as to what you use it for tho.

After much laborious effort, trying to track all of the special rules
for a complex build system (Bricolage) just became too tedious and
error-prone.  With a rules-based system, David drew a diagram of the of
the rules and I implemented them (but with a wrapper around
DFA::Simple.  http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/22298).  Once this
solution was in place, adding new rules was trivial, but DFA::Simple is
a curious beast and was causing us problems.

Cheers,
Ovid

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