From: Ross Bamford <rossrt@...>
Date: 2006-05-05T23:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Bracket Packing (#78)

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 22:18 +0900, Gautam Dey wrote:
> Have a question,
> 
> is each bracket always packaged individually?
> For example : [(BB)] is this an error, should it be [(B)(B)]?
> 

Hmm... How about this: [(BB)] isn't an error, but [(B)(B)] is better. As
long as you get a sensible (i.e. balanced) set of brackets, the packer
won't complain but a layer of soft wrap between each bracket saves money
on returns...

> The other question is: the program always return the correct number  
> of B just messes up the packaging?
> For example: {}B} or {}{B}? So these should be corrected to {B}, and  
> not {B}{B}.
> 

Yes. Adding brackets isn't an option (they wouldn't actually be on the
line going into the packer if you did :)).

Btw. In practice I don't think it's possible to correctly fix every
possible breakage, but you can always fail for those that won't fix.

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.REMOVE.co.uk