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Originally Posted by wcsbb
However, a number of people have expressed the desire for a "default" or 24 hour rule. I can see some merit to that. Adding that feature will essentially allow for rule "nesting" to have smaller rules within larger ones.
So, I'd like to get a little more feedback from you if I could. Here's what the algorithm will be, illustrated with examples.
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Basically, the idea here is, if two rules apply to the same minute in time, the rule that started LAST has priority for that time slice.
I had originally not liked the idea of rules that can cross each other, and I'm hoping that concept won't make it any more confusing.
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Personally, I like this idea. While in some ways it may seem more complex, in other ways it is simpler by virtue of the fact that less rules can be used to accomplish the same task.
If you implemented your new algorithm, users that prefer to set up rules "the existing way" can still do it that way, and users that prefer to overlap and nest rules will be able to do it "the new way". The existing way should still work by having seperate rules cover every hour of the day (rule 1 on, rule 1 off, rule 2 on, rule 2 off, etc.), essentially doing what we [I] are doing now.
Thanks for a great application.