Re: rewrite entries processed in document order

[Paul Grosso <pgrosso@arbortext.com>]

At 00:14 2001 08 01 +0100, Rob Lugt wrote:
>I believe there is a slight inconsistency between rewriteSystem and
>delegateSystem catalog entries.  With delegateSystem entries the order
>within the catalog entry file is not (so) important because entries with the
>longest match are processed first.  This is not the case with rewrite
>entries, where the first match (in document order) is used.
>
>Of course delegate entries are different in that multiple matching entries
>will each contribute their file to the new catalog, whereas there can only
>be one successful rewrite entry.  But the concept of matching entries using
>the longest possible match first has been introduced, and I wonder why this
>wasn't carried forward to rewrite entries.


In general, the concept of almost all entries is first match.
Only in the case of delegate--where exact matches don't (usually)
exist--is the concept of longest introduced.

paul