Relative Clauses and Phrases
If things work as you say, then the directional rule is unnecessary, but also harmless and used only when conflicts arise. And at least the last point is open to question: after a realy screwed up nip and tuck I start my comments on it wit {lemi mikce goi le malpinji} to cover the fact that I am going to call him a schmuck for the rest of the discourse. Maybe I don't understand what is meant by "defined" in this case; in the ordinary sense of "define" both expressions are. I guess you mean "assigned"?
wikidiscuss@lojban.org wrote:Re: Relative Clauses and Phrases
The proposal about assigning a direction to goi has been brought up before, and considered unnecessary.
goi unifies its two arguments so that they refer to the same thing. If one is defined and the other isn't, the undefined one gets the meaning of the defined one. If both are undefined, they are linked to refer to the same undefined thing, which may be assigned later. If both are defined, using goi is an error.