Re: TECH: schcompile (Was: More Þrjótran)

Henrik Theiling skrev:
> Hi!
>
> Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
>
>>Whaddayaknow: I entered your command line exactly as you
>>wrote it:
>>	perl -I./perl schcompile examples/s17.sch
>>and it worked!  I hope I now can simply put the
>>resulting file in my perl directory and test it.
>>
>>BTW You haven't told how to use the s17.pm module
>>in perl!  Does it define (a) function(s) like
>>
>>	$derived_word = soundchange($source_word);
>
>
> Almost.  The README file explains the syntax and also shows how the
> function interface is generated.
>
> **Henrik
>
>
You mean this?:

>     step NAME
>         STEP_BODY
>
>             Defines a sound change step.  Each step will be compiled in a separate,
>             exported Perl routine.  All non-Perl-identifier characters of NAME will
>             be translated to underbars (_) by the compiler.
>
>             A Perl function thusly generated has the following interface:
>
>                 sub step_NAME($;$$)
>
>                     - The first parameter is the string to be translated,
>                     - the second is the time of the input string (input_time),
>                     - the third is the time of the output string (output_time).
>
>             The times can be defined for each rule in the step to define an order
>             at which the changes occur.  The two parameters define which subset
>             of rules to select for translation of the string: only those for which
>
>                 input_time <= rule_time <= output_time
>
>             Input_time and output_time are optional.  If not given, the corresponding
>             rule time checking will not be performed.

Could you please provide an example of how they're used?

BTW you wonder in s17.sch where Modern Icelandic words in vo-
come from; they generally come from OIc vá-.

I'll have more comments and questions on your rules later...
Maybe we should take that on Germaniconlang?

Question: I derive 3 or 4 "dialects" from Kijeb.  They'll have
some sound changes in common, either between two of them or
between all of them.  How would that be handled?

Question: can one use special characters like þ ð åäö troughout
a .sch file, or does one *have* to use ASCII-IPA as you do?

--
/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se

    "Maybe" is a strange word.  When mum or dad says it
    it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it
    means "no"!

                            (Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)

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