New chunks

[Phil Davis]

Sorry, I didn't read all emails before suggesting this.
:-)

On 3/11/14, 3:44 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Or maybe introduce a persistent 'useUnicodeChunks' property that 
> controls which kind of chunking is used.
>
> On 3/11/14, 3:42 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
>> What are the pros and cons of making the 'useUnicode' property 
>> persistent and true by default, and let it determine the meaning of 
>> 'word'? To my own immature understanding, that seems like a better 
>> approach that trying to come up with a new vocabulary item.
>>
>> Phil Davis
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/14, 11:15 AM, Benjamin Beaumont wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> We're in the process of adding some new chunk types in LiveCode 7 
>>> and we
>>> would appreciate suggestions for a particular chunk name.
>>>
>>> The new chunk types are:
>>>
>>> naturalword (breaks on unicode word boundaries)
>>> sentence (breaks on unicode sentence boundaries)
>>> paragraph (Same behaviour as current 'line' chunk)
>>>
>>> The first chunk is called 'naturalword' because 'word' is already in 
>>> use.
>>> Renaming the current 'word' chunk to 'token' to free up 'word' is 
>>> not an
>>> option for backward compatibility. We are also limited by the current
>>> parser which doesn't allow us to use the form:
>>>
>>> put natural word 1 of "this is a string of words"
>>>
>>> 'naturalword' is the clearest internal suggestion at the moment and 
>>> we'd
>>> love to get the input from community members if there is an even 
>>> clearer
>>> option.
>>>
>>> Warm regards and thank you for your input.
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
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>

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Phil Davis