That worked - thank you!
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 11:38:08 PM UTC-5, Alex Miller wrote:
>
> The problem here is that s/or is NOT a regex op and introduces a new level
> of spec nesting. Try using s/alt (which IS a regex op) instead.
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 11:34:10 PM UTC-5, Alexander Sedgwick wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking to better understand how nested cats work (now that just
>> sounds funny).
>>
>> I've found that sometimes spec/cat will generate a nested list:
>>
>> ```clojure
>> (gen/sample (s/gen (s/cat :start #{\a}
>> :content (s/cat :nothing (s/?
>> #{\^})
>> :fruit (s/or
>> :apples (s/+ (s/cat :skin #{\s}
>>
>> :flesh #{\f}
>>
>> :core #{\c}))
>>
>> :bananas (s/+ #{\b})))
>> :end #{\z})) 5)
>> ```
>> -> ((\a \^ (\s \f \c) \z) ... (\a \^ (\b \b) \z))
>>
>> Given the sample output we can assume this validate call will be false
>> (provided flat list):
>>
>> ```clojure
>> (s/valid? (s/cat :start #{\a}
>> :content (s/cat :nothing (s/? #{\^})
>> :fruit (s/or :apples (s/+
>> (s/cat :skin #{\s}
>>
>> :flesh #{\f}
>>
>> :core #{\c}))
>> :bananas (s/+
>> #{\b})))
>> :end #{\z}) [\a \^ \s \f \c \z])
>> ```
>> -> false
>>
>> I thought the s/spec function would need to be used to define nested
>> structures (s/spec (s/cat ...)).
>>
>> Is this expected behavior or is there a better approach for working with
>> flat lists?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
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