Re: [lojban] Re: mumym problem

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Theodore Reed scripsit:

> self.gismu_validator    =
> re.compile("^[bcdfgjklmnprstvxz]([bcdfgjklmnprstvxz][aeiou][bcdfgjklmnp
> rstvxz]|[aeiou][bcdfgjklmnprstvxz][bcdfgjklmnprstvxz])[aeiou]$")
> 
> All guesses are checked against that regexp. So you *can* guess fake
> words, but they must be valid gismu. 

Validity requires a good bit more than that.  "fgoto" for example will
pass but is invalid.  A CCVCV gismu must begin with one of the 48 valid
initial clusters, and even a CVCCV can't have a bogus cluster in the
middle, like "fapzu".

I am *not* saying that you should enforce these constraints, just that
that's what is required for a valid gismu form.  Personally, I would let
people guess any old @#$*.  Why not, it's their guess they are wasting.
It's the programmer's choice.

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