Re: matching tb

• Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:57:45 PST
• From:
  Pavel Curtis <pavel@parc.xerox.com>
• cc: moo-cows.PARC@xerox.com
• In-Reply-to: "cricket's message of \"Fri, 22 Dec 1995 16:22:44 PST\" <v02130500ad00f94a8ed4@[152.52.44.23]>"

cricket writes:
> #397:take_command, line 8:  Resource limit exceeded
> 
> #397:"take_command" (cmd)
>  8:  if (m = match(cmd, "^%(please %)? *%(I want %|give me %|gimme %|bring me
>  %) *%(a %|an %)? *%(glass of %|cup of %)?+%([^,]+%)%(, *please%)?$"))
                                            ^
					    |

This plus sign, coming right after a question mark, is pretty odd and almost
certainly not what you want.  I think you probably want to replace it by ` *'.
That may fix your problem.

	Pavel

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