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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ I like the idea of [[tips/integrated_issue_tracking_with_ikiwiki]], and I do so
 >
 >> I thought about this briefly, and got about that far.. glad you got
 >> further. :-) --[[Joey]]
+
+>> Or, one [[!taglink could_also_refer|pagespec_in_DL_style]] to the language of [[!wikipedia description logics]]: their formulas actually define classes of objects through quantified relations to other classes. --Ivan Z.
 > 
 > Another option would be go with a more functional syntax.  The concept here would
 > be to allow a pagespec to appear in a 'pagespec function' anywhere a page can.  e.g.
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ I like the idea of [[tips/integrated_issue_tracking_with_ikiwiki]], and I do so
 
 >> So, equivilant example: `define(bugs, bugs/* and !*/Discussion) and define(openbugs, bugs and !link(done)) and openbugs and !link(openbugs)`
 >> 
+
 >> Re recursion, it is avoided.. but building a pagespec that is O(N^X) where N is the
 >> number of pages in the wiki is not avoided. Probably need to add DOS prevention.
 >>  --[[Joey]]
@@ -67,13 +70,15 @@ I like the idea of [[tips/integrated_issue_tracking_with_ikiwiki]], and I do so
 
 >>>> Yeah, guess that'd work. :-)
 
-> One quick further thought.  All the above discussion assumes that 'dependency' is the
+> <a id="another_kind_of_links" />One quick further thought.  All the above discussion assumes that 'dependency' is the
 > same as 'links to', which is not really true.  For example, you'd like to be able to say
 > "This bug does not depend upon [ [ link to other bug ] ]" and not have a dependency.
 > Without having different types of links, I don't see how this would be possible.
 >
 > -- [[Will]]
 
+>> I saw that this issue is targeted at by the work on [[structured page data#another_kind_of_links]]. --Ivan Z.
+
 Okie - I've had a quick attempt at this.  Initial patch attached.  This one doesn't quite work.
 And there is still a lot of debugging stuff in there.
 
@@ -191,8 +196,6 @@ account all comments above (which doesn't mean it is above reproach :) ).  --[[W
 > Very belated code review of last version of the patch:
 > 
 > * `is_globlist` is no longer needed
-> * `pagespec_translate` is already memoized, so the explicit call
->   to memoize when handling a define seems unnecessary?
 > * I don't understand why the pagespec match regexp is changed
 >   from having flags `igx` to `ixgs`. Don't see why you
 >   want `.` to match '\n` in it, and don't see any `.` in the regexp