Bug in Pattern Matching ??!?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg29767] Bug in Pattern Matching ??!?
- From: "Drago Ganic" <drago.ganic at in2.hr>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 01:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, some time ago ther was a post which received no answer from the group (as far as I know). The problem was in this behaviour of Mathematica: In[1]:= MatchQ[f[1, 2], f[x_Integer, y___]] Out[1]= True In[2]:= SetAttributes[f, Flat] In[3]:= MatchQ[f[1, 2], f[x_Integer, y___]] Out[4]= False I don't see why the Flat attributes should change the behavoiur of Mathematica in this case. Here is the same thing without MatchQ: In[4]:=h[1, 2] /. h[x_Integer, y___] :> "OK" Out[4]= "OK" In[5]:= SetAttributes[h, Flat] In[6]:= h[1, 2] /. h[x_Integer, y___] :> "OK" Out[6]=h[1, 2] The problem is in the *head* restriction (Integer). Without it, everything is fine: In[7]:= h[1, 2] /. h[x_, y___] :> "OK" Out[7]= "OK" To me this is a Bug, ... , or is it a feature :-). Greetings from Croatia, Drago Ganic