Re: Grammar with low-precedence postfix operator?

Robert Jacobson <rljacobson@gmail.com>
Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:55:52 -0800 (PST)

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From: Robert Jacobson <rljacobson@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:55:52 -0800 (PST)
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 15-02-006
Keywords: parse
Posted-Date: 21 Feb 2015 22:37:28 EST

Thank you everyone for your help. The solution I found for solving my language
ambiguity uses ANTLR's semantic predicates feature which can turn off
production alternatives at parse time. I use a predicate (below) to suppress
implicit multiplication in the presence of a binary plus operator.


expr
: LEAF
| LPAREN expr RPAREN //parentheses
| <assoc=right> expr POWER expr
| (PLUS | MINUS) expr //unary plus/minus
| expr { _input.LT(1).getType() != PLUS && _input.LT(1).getType() != MINUS}?
expr //implicit multiplication
| expr (DIV | MUL) expr //division and explicit multiplication
| expr (PLUS | MINUS) expr //addition/subtraction
| expr '&' //postfix parenthesization.
;


Best regards,


Robert



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