[logon] Mysterious problem with regexps in transfer rules

[Stephan Oepen]

hi again, francis,

> > i am impressed you do consider "~(de:_jed_q_rel|de:_fast[+]jed_q_rel)"
> > concise :-).  but i am afraid the behaviour you report is `correct': at
> > the start of transfer, for rule sets that were loaded with `:filter t',
> > all input predicates are compared (as strings) against the `dictionary'
> > of known INPUT predicates in that rule set.  that test, currently, does
> > not take into account regular expressions (though it probably should).

  [...]

> So that was why the following (in my snug) doesn't match.
> 
> _d_ditch_ef := elision_mtr &
> [ INPUT.RELS < [ PRED "~^ja:.*_d_" ] > ].
> 
> I need to move it into the non-filtered, post-transfer accommodation,
> where it works.

i fail to see how the pre-transfer input filter should prevent a rule
from matching?  if anything, it would prevent transfer completely, and
give the `unknown transfer predicate' error.

but, as for the rule above, should it not just be "~^ja:.*_d_rel", or
maybe "~^ja:.*_d_.*"?

                        a little confused (and rather sleepy)  -  oe

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