Index: branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py
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--- branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py	(revision 79828)
+++ branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py	(revision 79829)
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
     (3,'e') : 4,
     (4,'<vblex>') : 5,
     (5,'<ANY_TAG>') : 6,
-    (6,'<ANY_TAG') : 6,
+    (6,'<ANY_TAG>') : 6,
     (6,'$') : 7,
     (7,' ') : 8,
     (8,'^') : 9,
-    (9,'c') : 10,
-    (10,'c') : 10,
+    (9, '&') : 10,
+    (10,'&') : 10,
     (10,'<det>') : 11,
     (10,'<adj>') : 12,
     (10,'<n>') : 13,
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     (15,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
     (15,'$') : 16,
     (16,' ') : 17,
-    (17,'^') : 18,
-    (18,'c') : 10,
+    (17,'^') : 18, #?
+    (18,'&') : 10,
     (18,'o') : 19,
     (19,'u') : 20,
     (20,'t') : 21,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 }
 
 states = {
-    -1 : '?',
+    -1 : '^',
     0 : '^',
     1 : 't',
     2 : 'a',
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     7 : '$',
     8 : ' ',
     9 : '^',
-    10 : 'c', #'ANY_CHAR', #
+    10 : '&', #'ANY_CHAR', #
     11 : '<det>',
     12 : '<adj>',
     13 : '<n>',
@@ -64,37 +64,76 @@
     22 : '<adv>',
     23 : '<pr>',
     24 : '$',
-    25 : ''
+    25 : '\n',
 }
 
-def next_token():
+def next_token(first_tag_passed, in_lemma, in_take, in_out):
     token = sys.stdin.read(1)
-    if token == '<':
+    if token == '<': #if in tag
+        in_lemma = False
         c = ''
         while c != '>':
             c = sys.stdin.read(1)
             token += c
-    # print token
+        if first_tag_passed:
+            token = '<ANY_TAG>'
+        # first_tag_passed = True
+    # print in_lemma, in_take, in_out
+    # print in_lemma, in_take, in_out
+    if in_lemma and not in_take and not in_out:
+        token = '&' #ANY_CHAR
+    # if token == '^':
+    #     in_lemma = True
+    # if token == '^':
+    #     c = sys.stdin.read(1)
+    #     # while c != '<':
+    #         token += c
+    #         c = sys.stdin.read(1) #unread?
+    # elif token == '\n':
+    #     return ''
     return token
 
-def step(state, symbol):
-    print(states[state])
-    return transitions.get((state,symbol)) #return the next state, or None if it doesn't exist
+def step(state, token):
+    print(states[state] + str(state))
+    # if state == 6 or state == 15:
+    #     token = '<ANY_TAG>'
+    return transitions.get((state,token)) #return the next state, or None if it doesn't exist
 
-print('input a string:')
-current_state = -1
-c = next_token()
-while states.get(current_state) != None:
-    current_state = step(current_state, c) #c is peeking; get next state
-    if current_state == None:
-        print('error: next state not found for ' (current_state,c) )
+def main():
+    print('input a string:')
+    current_state = -1
+    first_tag_passed = False
+    in_lemma = False
+    in_take = False
+    in_out = False
+    token = next_token(first_tag_passed, in_lemma, in_take, in_out)
+
+    while states.get(current_state) != None:
+        next_state = step(current_state, token) #c is peeking; get next state
+        if next_state == None:
+            # print(str(state), str(current_state), str(token))
+            print('error: (current_state,token) pair not found in transitions. ' + str(current_state) + str(token))
         exit(1)
-    c = next_token()
-exit(0)
+        elif next_state == 25:
+            print('successful termination')
+            exit(0)
 
-#^take<vblex><ANY_TAG>$ ^ccccc<det><ANY_TAG><ANY_TAG>$ ^ccccc<n><ANY_TAG>$ ^out<adv>$
-#^take<vblex><pres>$ ^the<det><def><sp>$ ^thing<n><sg>$ ^out<adv>$
+        first_tag_passed = next_state in [5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
+        in_lemma = next_state in [1, 9, 10, 18]
+        in_take = current_state in [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] #-4
+        # in_out = sys.stdin.read(4) == 'out<'
+        in_out = next_state in [19, 20, 21] #-21  #should be: if peek(sys.stdin.read(3) == 'out<'
 
+        current_state = next_state
+        token = next_token(first_tag_passed, in_lemma, in_take, in_out)
+        # print str(current_state), str(states.get(current_state))
+    print('error: current_state not found in states')
+    exit(0)
 
-# if __name__ == '__main__':
-#     main()
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+#^take<vblex><ANY_TAG>$ ^ccccc<det><pres><tag>$ ^cccc<n><sing>$ ^out<adv>$
+#^take<vblex><pres><tag><moretag><moretag>$ ^the<det><sometag><anothertag>$ ^thing<n><sg><tag><Tag>$ ^out<adv>$
+#^take<vblex><pres><tag><moretag><moretag>$ ^thing<n><sg><tag><Tag>$ ^out<adv>$
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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