How detect grammar not derive nonterminals ?

Andy <borucki.andrzej@gmail.com>
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:58:17 -0700

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From: Andy <borucki.andrzej@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:58:17 -0700
Organization: Compilers Central
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Keywords: parse, question
Posted-Date: 12 Sep 2023 13:42:24 EDT

The simplest this case is grammar :
A -> A


but I have


A -> B
A -> b B
B -> A
B -> a A


it is trap for sequence generator. A->B->A->B->A....
How detect similar cases, especially without computing First and Follow sets ?


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