Re: Delphi formal grammar?

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
19 Aug 2006 15:37:24 -0400

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 19 Aug 2006 15:37:24 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 06-08-119
Keywords: Basic, syntax
Posted-Date: 19 Aug 2006 15:37:24 EDT

VergissMeinNicht wrote:


> Where can I found a "working" grammar?


Nowhere :-(


Several attempts have been made to "complete" the lousy Borland
grammar, with different results. I wrote (hacked ;-) an OPL parser,
some time ago, which at least could parse the D4 standard units. But
it looks impossible to extract a grammar from that parser, just as
it's impossible to extract a grammar from the Delphi compiler, even
with the source code at hand.


IMO even EBNF is inappropriate to express an unambiguous grammar for
OPL, and who ever has use for a context sensitive grammar?


DoDi


P.S.: Wofuer brauchst Du denn die Grammatik?


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