def add(self, flex):
"""
Add all the inflection options to the data structure. As we propose that some dots missing,
all the options of dot positions should be added.
"""
patterns = [u'%s', u'%s.', u'.%s', u'.%s.']
for ptrn in patterns:
flexFormatted = self._replace.sub(self.marker, ptrn % flex) # in a pattern flex,
# add missing dots and replace them all with a number sign
self.contents[flexFormatted] = flex # inside the keys, a number sign only
# is used as an empty transition marker. However, values look like a normal flex.
FlexAutomaton.add(self, flexFormatted)
