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|    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?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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