Re: [boost] [msm]mismatch document and code

Subject: Re: [boost] [msm]mismatch document and code
From: Christophe Henry (christophe.j.henry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-29 16:42:29

> I'm reading the Boost.Msm document.
>
> I found some mismatches between the document and the code.
>
> Here is the document.
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/libs/msm/doc/HTML/ch03s02.html
> Section:Explicit entry / entry and exit pseudo-state / fork
> State machine diagram "stm Fsm".
>
> I believe that the diagram should correspond to an example code below.
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/libs/msm/doc/HTML/examples/DirectEntryTutorial.cpp
>
> ==1==
> In the diggram, there are two transitions that are triggered with event5.
> But outer one is event6 in the code.
>
> 168:            _row < SubFsm2::exit_pt
> 169:                <SubFsm2_::PseudoExit1>, event6 , State2 >
>
>
> ==2==
> There is no transition in the diagram correspond to the code below.
> 167:            _row < SubFsm2             , event1 , State1 >,
>
> ==3==
> There is no transition in the diagram correspond to the code below.
> 136:                _row  < SubState2    , event6      , SubState1 >,
>
> I'm not sure which is correct the code or the diagram.
> It's depends on what the author want to describe.
>
> Christophe, could you check that?
>
> Thanks,
> Takatoshi

Hi Takatoshi,

Both are correct, they are just not in sync ;-)
1. was forgottten, 2. and 3. were to make the diagram more readable, but as 
it seems to bother you and as I just had to update the docs, I changed this 
on the way too (in the trunk).

Regards,
Christophe