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   Message 821 of 2,753   
   Ivan Boldyrev to All   
   Re: The $ in predictive parsing tables   
   11 Oct 06 23:19:54   
   
   From: boldyrev+nospam@cgitftp.uiggm.nsc.ru   
      
   On 9624 day of my life Andreas Ravnestad wrote:   
   > In predictive parsing tables there is often a column designated '$'. I   
   > can't find any explanations for this column in my notes. Can someone   
   > shed a light on what this means?   
      
   By convention, '$' designates artificial "End of file" sign in parsing   
   tables.   
      
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