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Re: [henshin-dev] LoopUnit
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Hi Christian,
Quoting Christian Krause <henshin.ck@xxxxxxxxx>:
CountedUnits with positive count can be directly modeled using
SequentialUnits (correct me if I'm wrong).
You are correct, but even modeling fairly low counts (> 5) by using
SequentialUnits can be quite cumbersome for the user.
The only interesting case is when the count value is negative, which
should have a "loop as long as possible" semantics. Since this is
the only interesting case, I suggest that we remove CountedUnit from
the model and add a LoopUnit, which behaves like a CountedUnit with
a negative count value.
I don't yet see the benefit of removing functionality, but we could
add a parameter to the LoopUnit which can be used to track the current
iteration. That way, a simple Rule containing only a Parameter and an
AttributeCondition could be used to implement various types of loops
in a relatively straightforward way.
So, is it possible to automatically add a Parameter to a Unit? (Some
slight editor rewrite might be needed, but as this effects the Unit's
semantics, the interpreter engine needs to be adapted)
Felix
