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diff --git a/doc/gf-history.html b/doc/gf-history.html index 8b96959cb..7b4e1091c 100644 --- a/doc/gf-history.html +++ b/doc/gf-history.html @@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ for creating SLF networks with sub-automata. <hr> +6/1/2006 (AR) Concatenative string patterns to help morphology definitions. +The pattern <tt>Predef.CC p1 p2</tt> matches a string literal <tt>s</tt> +with the first (i.e. shortest-prefix) division <tt>s1 + s2 = s</tt> such that +<tt>p1</tt> matches <tt>s1</tt> and <tt>p2</tt> matches <tt>s2</tt>. For example, +the following expression produces the English plural forms +<i>boy-boys, play-plays, fly-flies, dog-dogs</i>: +<pre> + plur : Str -> Str = \s -> case s of { + CC x (CC ("a" | "o") "y") => s + "s" ; + CC x "y" => x + "ies" ; + _ => s + "s" + } ; +</pre> +This can be seen as a step towards regular expression string patterns. +The natural notation <tt>p1 + p2</tt> will be considered later. + +<hr> + 22/12 <b>Release of GF 2.4</b>. <p> |