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From a programming perspective, the functionality provided by directives is not much different than that proposed by the flag model. Both aim to modify the default behavior of the ParserMonster Framework.
Directives are more suitable than flags for the simple reason that flags imply a limited pair of options: True or False (or Set / Reset, On/Off, Yes/No, etc.)
A simple example of the limitation of flags is that the proposed