Re: generator source-types

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-12 15:24:36

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> On Thursday 10 February 2005 22:20, David Abrahams wrote:
>>> I need to make a generator that will generate a given target from any
>>> (unrestricted) source type at all. I'm not sure what to pass to
>>> generators.register-standard in order to do that.
>>
>> I think it's best to pass nothing, and override the 'run' method to 
>> immediately call 'construct-result' on sources.
>
> Why should I need to override the 'run' method?
>
> If passing no sources to the constructor allows the generator to match
> anything at all, it seems to me that anything handling sources
> thereafter should work in the normal way no?

I checked in a small patch that enables that to work.

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