[ragel-users] Actions embedded into unexpected transitions?

[Dmitry Marakasov]

* Adrian Thurston (thurston at complang.org) wrote:

> I still can't see the problem. Can you restate it, if it's still an issue?

It still is. The problem in the behaviour of mentioned machine:

%%{ 
  machine foo; 
 
  a = 'a'+;
  b = a 'b'+;
  main := b+; 
}%%

- Logically.
Rule `b' contains rule `a', and no other rule contains `a'. Thus, you
only can enter `a' from `b', thus `enter a' action should always be
executed after `enter b'.

- In practice
Rule a is entered
Rule a is left
Rule b is entered
Rule b is left

That seem illogical to me.

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