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   Message 771 of 2,753   
   Hans-Peter Diettrich to VergissMeinNicht   
   Re: Delphi formal grammar?   
   19 Aug 06 15:37:24   
   
   From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   VergissMeinNicht wrote:   
      
   > Where can I found a "working" grammar?   
      
   Nowhere :-(   
      
   Several attempts have been made to "complete" the lousy Borland   
   grammar, with different results. I wrote (hacked ;-) an OPL parser,   
   some time ago, which at least could parse the D4 standard units. But   
   it looks impossible to extract a grammar from that parser, just as   
   it's impossible to extract a grammar from the Delphi compiler, even   
   with the source code at hand.   
      
   IMO even EBNF is inappropriate to express an unambiguous grammar for   
   OPL, and who ever has use for a context sensitive grammar?   
      
   DoDi   
      
   P.S.: Wofuer brauchst Du denn die Grammatik?   
      
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