[alicebot-archcomm] multiple patterns in a category

[Sandro Golinelli]

please state your concerns about something like :

<category>
         <pattern>*</pattern>
         <pattern>IT IS *</pattern>
         <pattern>THEY ARE *</pattern>
         <that>WHAT</that>
         <template>
                 i don't know more about <star/>
         </template>
</category>

it can handle a chat like:

user: i-ching
bot: what?
user: the book of changes
bot: i don't know more about the book of changes

or

user: i-ching
bot: what?
user: they are the fundamental books of Confucianism
bot: i don't know more about the the fundamental books of Confucianism

or

user: i-ching
bot: what?
user: it's the book of changes
bot: i don't know more about the book of changes


in this example, we have a category, the template is activated by any input 
and where the previous bot sentence is "what"
This template will also be activated by any input starting with "it is" or 
"they are" followed by at least another word, and where the bot previous 
sentence is "what"

this example is pretty simple but instead to write a 7 line category, using 
current standard aiml, i should write something like:

<category>
         <pattern>*</pattern>
         <that>WHAT</that>
         <template>
                 i don't know more about <star/>
         </template>
</category>

<category>
         <pattern>IT IS *</pattern>
         <that>WHAT</that>
         <template>
                 i don't know more about <star/>
         </template>
</category>

<category>
         <pattern>THEY ARE *</pattern>
         <that>WHAT</that>
         <template>
                 i don't know more about <star/>
         </template>
</category>

21 lies of code, or many more, where just a line is different among these 
categories.

what do you think ?

--
sandro