New chunks

John Craig john at splash21.com
Thu Mar 13 18:25:19 EDT 2014


Will point 4 - 'part' synonym break anything that already uses 'part' as 
a synonym of 'control'?  I've only got one project that uses this 
keyword - not a big deal for me to change it, but others may have more 
substantial work to change.


On 13/03/2014 16:54, Benjamin Beaumont wrote:
> Dear list member,
>
> Thank you for your input on this important matter. Having taken all the
> posts into account and discussed it internally we are inclined to implement
> the following in LiveCode 7.0:
>
> 1) Add a 'trueWord' chunk type to provide access to the Unicode Standard's
> notion of word-breaking.
> 2) Add a 'sentence' chunk type to provide access to the Unicode Standard's
> notion of sentence-breaking.
> 3) Add a 'paragraph' chunk type to provide access to the Unicode Standard's
> notion of paragraph-breaking.
> 4) Add a synonym 'part' for the current 'word' chunk type.
>
> This will allow LiveCoders to update their scripts to use the newer syntax
> in anticipation of a future change to make the behaviour of the 'word'
> chunk match the new 'trueWord' behaviour.
>
> We would anticipate changing the meaning of 'word' with our 'Open Language'
> project. It requires us to create a highly accurate script translation
> system to allow old scripts to be rewritten in new revised and cleaner
> syntax. It is at this point we can seriously think about changing the
> meaning of existing tokens including word. Existing scripts will continue
> to run using the existing parser, and they can be converted (by the user)
> over time to use the 'newer' / 'more refined' syntax we are planning.
>
> Warm regards and thank you again for your participation in this discussion.
>
> Ben
>
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