Re: Programming language syntax design (was Re: ... typedef problem)

bliss@sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu (Brian Bliss)
Mon, 20 Jan 92 21:04:32 GMT

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From: bliss@sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu (Brian Bliss)
Keywords: syntax, parse, design
Organization: UIUC Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
References: 92-01-043 92-01-071
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 92 21:04:32 GMT

I don't want to start up the thread on the typedef problem all over again,
but as far as it is concerned with language design...


Consider the production for a C declaration statement, ala K&RII:


declaration -> dec_specifiers init_dec_list
                                                          ^ by requiring a colon (like pascal) or some
                                                              other token right there, the entire problem
                                                              could have been avoided.


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