Re: Parsing functions - do I need a keyword like 'def' to indicate a function?

"Hui Zhou" <zhouhui@wam.umd.edu>
17 Oct 2004 16:13:35 -0400

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From: "Hui Zhou" <zhouhui@wam.umd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 17 Oct 2004 16:13:35 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 04-10-092
Keywords: syntax, design
Posted-Date: 17 Oct 2004 16:13:35 EDT

As long as your grammar is unambiguous, I don't think a keyword in the
front is necessary. For python and most other languages, without the
beginning keyword, a function declaration is easily to be confused with
normal function call.


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Hui Zhou

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