Re: [lojban] Re: My parser, SI, SA, and ZOI

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 06:20:33PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
[long explanation of what my parser does snipped]
> I think I've seen someone use "si" as the delimiter.  This majorly 
> complicates things, no?

Not at all.  My parser has no problems with this.  I just tested this on

"zoi si I love zoi! si"

and

"zoi si I love zoi! si si Really! si"

Both of which do exactly what I said they would do.

> Also, from a making-sense point of view, I prefer "si" after the
> closing delimiter to delete the entire zoi phrase (back to and
> including the zoi).  To say that "The first SI after the close of a
> ZOI clause erases the closing delimiter..." would make one think the
> next thing said is part of the inside of the ZOI; so you would never
> be able to get back to the ZOI.  

Yes, I understand your point completely.  I'd love to hear other people
chime in on this point.  The problem is that SI is only supposed to
erase one previous word, so we're moving in to the realm of "not
justifiable under current standards".

> I had this trouble with the current version, too, by the way.  There
> is a precedent for this.  When applying a UI, if it's after something
> like a le broda ku, it applies to the whole le ... ku construct.

<nod>

-Robin

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