Re: [Spoon-business] Re: [spoon-discuss] insta-rule questions

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 10:33  PM, Rob Speer wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:50:57PM -0500, bd wrote:
> > Replace the following:
> > {{
> > * The insta-rule is destroyed.
> > }}
> > with:
> > {{
> > * The insta-rule is destroyed, unless it's already been destroyed.
> > }}
>
> It hasn't already been destroyed; it's in the process of being
> destroyed. So that doesn't work. But why is that line necessary at all?

Because it's a list of things that happen "when an insta-rule is 
destroyed"; if that list includes destroying the insta-rule, then it'll 
recursively call itself indefinitely.

--
Wonko

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