Re: (BNF) EBNF to BNF-grammar

haberg@math.su.se (Hans Aberg)
13 Aug 2006 01:30:30 -0400

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From: haberg@math.su.se (Hans Aberg)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 13 Aug 2006 01:30:30 -0400
Organization: Mathematics
References: 06-08-061
Keywords: EBNF
Posted-Date: 13 Aug 2006 01:30:30 EDT

  "Udo" <WeikEngOff@aol.com> wrote:


> I'm looking for a BNF grammar for converting EBNF to BNF. Any hints?


Waite, Goos, "Compiler Construction", Appendix A, p. 383, gives some EBNF
to BNF translation rules. With a somewhat different notation:
    1. a (b) c := a x c, x: b.
    2. a[b]c := a c | a(b)c.
    3. a u+ c := a x c, x: u | x u.
    4. a u* c := a[u+]c.
    5. a || t := a(t a)*.
where a, b, c are arbitrary RHS rules, x a unique non-terminal, u a single
or parenthesized grammar symbol, and t a terminal.


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    Hans Aberg


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