Re: C-- compiler

germans@cs.vu.nl (Germans DM) writes:


      int stupid_function(;)
      {
              /* blah, blah */
      }
      [...]
      The compiler goes: I expect a type specifier -> int, OK.
I expect an identifier -> stupid_function, OK.
I expect either a ; or a ( -> (, OK, it's a new function.
I expect a ) -> ERROR!


      Here the compiler can do two things, either he can insert a ) and go on or
      it can exchange the ; for a ) and go on.


Or it can scan forwards some limited distance looking for an
acceptable token.


Or it can ditch the partially-built tree and scan forwards
indefinitely looking for the start of a new top-level declaration.


Nick Barnes nickb@harlequin.co.uk
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