Index: branches/apertium-separable/testing/acceptor.py
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--- branches/apertium-separable/testing/acceptor.py	(nonexistent)
+++ branches/apertium-separable/testing/acceptor.py	(revision 79827)
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+import sys, re
+
+def next_token():
+    token = sys.stdin.read(1)
+    if token == '<':
+        c = ''
+        while c != '>':
+            c = sys.stdin.read(1)
+            token += c
+    # print token
+    return token
+
+def main():
+    states = ['^', 't', 'a', 'k', 'e', '<vblex>', '$', ' ', '^', 'ANY_CHAR', '<n>', '$', ' ', '^', 'o', 'u', 't', '$']
+    #states = ['^', 't', 'a', 'k', 'e', '<vblex>', '<ANY_TAG>', '$', ' ', '^', 'ANY_CHAR', '<n>', '<ANY_TAG>', '$', ' ', '^', 'o', 'u', 't', '$']
+    current_state = 0
+
+    print('input a string:')
+    c = next_token()
+
+#^take<vblex><pres>$ ^the<det><def><sp>$ ^thing<n><sg>$ ^out<adv>$
+
+    while c:
+        if current_state == len(states): #end of input
+            print('Yes')
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif c == states[current_state]: #ok
+            print c, current_state
+            current_state += 1
+        elif re.match('[a-zA-Z]', c):
+            print c, current_state
+        elif re.match('\<(.+?)\>', c):
+            print c, current_state
+        else: #error
+            print('No')
+            sys.exit(1)
+        c = next_token()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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Index: branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py
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--- branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py	(nonexistent)
+++ branches/apertium-separable/testing/transducer.py	(revision 79827)
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+import sys, re
+
+transitions = {
+    (-1,'^') : 0,
+    (0,'t') : 1,
+    (1,'a') : 2,
+    (2,'k') : 3,
+    (3,'e') : 4,
+    (4,'<vblex>') : 5,
+    (5,'<ANY_TAG>') : 6,
+    (6,'<ANY_TAG') : 6,
+    (6,'$') : 7,
+    (7,' ') : 8,
+    (8,'^') : 9,
+    (9,'c') : 10,
+    (10,'c') : 10,
+    (10,'<det>') : 11,
+    (10,'<adj>') : 12,
+    (10,'<n>') : 13,
+    (10,'<prn>') : 14,
+    (11,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
+    (12,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
+    (13,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
+    (14,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
+    (15,'<ANY_TAG>') : 15,
+    (15,'$') : 16,
+    (16,' ') : 17,
+    (17,'^') : 18,
+    (18,'c') : 10,
+    (18,'o') : 19,
+    (19,'u') : 20,
+    (20,'t') : 21,
+    (21,'<adv>') : 22,
+    (21,'<pr>') : 23,
+    (22,'$') : 24,
+    (23,'$') : 24,
+    (24,'\n') : 25
+}
+
+states = {
+    -1 : '?',
+    0 : '^',
+    1 : 't',
+    2 : 'a',
+    3 : 'k',
+    4 : 'e',
+    5 : '<vblex>',
+    6 : '<ANY_TAG>', #
+    7 : '$',
+    8 : ' ',
+    9 : '^',
+    10 : 'c', #'ANY_CHAR', #
+    11 : '<det>',
+    12 : '<adj>',
+    13 : '<n>',
+    14 : '<prn>',
+    15 : '<ANY_TAG>',
+    16 : '$',
+    17 : ' ',
+    18 : '^',
+    19 : 'o',
+    20 : 'u',
+    21 : 't',
+    22 : '<adv>',
+    23 : '<pr>',
+    24 : '$',
+    25 : ''
+}
+
+def next_token():
+    token = sys.stdin.read(1)
+    if token == '<':
+        c = ''
+        while c != '>':
+            c = sys.stdin.read(1)
+            token += c
+    # print token
+    return token
+
+def step(state, symbol):
+    print(states[state])
+    return transitions.get((state,symbol)) #return the next state, or None if it doesn't exist
+
+print('input a string:')
+current_state = -1
+c = next_token()
+while states.get(current_state) != None:
+    current_state = step(current_state, c) #c is peeking; get next state
+    if current_state == None:
+        print('error: next state not found for ' (current_state,c) )
+        exit(1)
+    c = next_token()
+exit(0)
+
+#^take<vblex><ANY_TAG>$ ^ccccc<det><ANY_TAG><ANY_TAG>$ ^ccccc<n><ANY_TAG>$ ^out<adv>$
+#^take<vblex><pres>$ ^the<det><def><sp>$ ^thing<n><sg>$ ^out<adv>$
+
+
+# if __name__ == '__main__':
+#     main()
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