Re: Program E bug

Rich, thanks for reporting this bug. When I looked into the archives I
couldn't find a similar mentioning. Although I don't have a solution - yet.
It's been confirmed on both PHP 4 and 5.

When I looked into the code it appears to be working normally, but I do have
a suspicion that the code for the processing of trees including an
underscore might not work as intended since the call for storing a variable
requires a parameter for addition instead of new creation. How and why I
still need to figure out.

To be continued.

Anne.

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Van: alicebot-general-bounces@...
[mailto:alicebot-general-bounces@...] Namens Dr. Rich Wallace
Verzonden: vrijdag 16 mei 2008 19:52
Aan: Alicebot and AIML General Discussion
Onderwerp: [alicebot-general] Program E bug

I found a bug in Program E and I'm wondering if anyone else has
discovered a workaround.

Suppose you create a simple default category:


<category>
<pattern>*</pattern>
<template>Keywords: <star/></template>
</category>

Assuming  there is no other AIML, this category will just echo
whatever you type:

Client: Hello there
Bot: Keywords: Hello there
Client: testing one  two three
Bot: Keywords: testing one two three

Now add a second AIML category,


<category>
<pattern>_ TEST ME *</pattern>
<template><srai>TEST ME</srai></template>
</category>

We get the expected result:

Client: xxx test me xxx
Bot: Keywords: TEST ME

Ok, finally, add one more category:


<category>
<pattern>TEST * ME</pattern>
<template><srai>TEST ME</srai></template>
</category>

Now it is messed up:

Client: test xxx me
Bot: ME

What happened to the "TEST"?
and even the one that worked before is broken:

Client: xxx test me xxx
Bot: ME

If we copy the same AIML test file over to Pandorabots:

Client: test xxx me
Bot: TEST ME
Client: xxx test me xxx
Bot: TEST ME

Does anyone with Program E experience have a workaround for this problem?
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