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Re: Metasyntax glitch?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Metasyntax glitch? |
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Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:06:37 -0700 |
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On 10/01/2010 03:22 PM, Paul Hilfinger wrote:
> I am curious to know whether the
> syntax (accepted by bison)
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> foo: bar
> ; | baz
> ; | thud
> ;;;
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> is actually intentional.
"Intentional"? I don't know. But but traditional yacc
supports it, and Bison is compatible.
I suppose you could write Steve Johnson and ask him whether
he really meant it when he wrote yacc lo these many years ago.
His contact info is at <http://www.yaccman.com/>.