>> I thought about this briefly, and got about that far.. glad you got
>> further. :-) --[[Joey]]
->> Or, one could also refer to the language of [[!wikipedia description logics]]: their formulas actually define classes of objects through quantified relations to other classes. --Ivan Z.
+>> Or, one [[!taglink could_also_refer|pagespec_in_DL_style]] to the language of [[!wikipedia description logics]]: their formulas actually define classes of objects through quantified relations to other classes. --Ivan Z.
>
> Another option would be go with a more functional syntax. The concept here would
> be to allow a pagespec to appear in a 'pagespec function' anywhere a page can. e.g.
>> So, equivilant example: `define(bugs, bugs/* and !*/Discussion) and define(openbugs, bugs and !link(done)) and openbugs and !link(openbugs)`
>>
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>> Re recursion, it is avoided.. but building a pagespec that is O(N^X) where N is the
>> number of pages in the wiki is not avoided. Probably need to add DOS prevention.
>> --[[Joey]]
> Very belated code review of last version of the patch:
>
> * `is_globlist` is no longer needed
-> * `pagespec_translate` is already memoized, so the explicit call
-> to memoize when handling a define seems unnecessary?
> * I don't understand why the pagespec match regexp is changed
> from having flags `igx` to `ixgs`. Don't see why you
> want `.` to match '\n` in it, and don't see any `.` in the regexp