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ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) linlist@fudan.edu (Linlist Leo) (1999-10-27) |
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Re: ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) hanskamp@introweb.nl (Hans Kamp) (1999-10-29) |
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Re: ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) mtimmerm@microstar.nospam-remove.com (Matt Timmermans) (1999-10-29) |
Re: ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) nhartzell@macalester.edu (Nathan Hartzell) (1999-10-29) |
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Re: ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) henning@makholm.net (Henning Makholm) (1999-10-31) |
Re: ambiguity of grammar and LR(k) henning@makholm.net (Henning Makholm) (1999-10-31) |
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From: | "Matt Timmermans" <mtimmerm@microstar.nospam-remove.com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.theory,comp.compilers |
Date: | 29 Oct 1999 02:34:48 -0400 |
Organization: | IGS - Information Gateway Services |
Distribution: | inet |
References: | 99-10-130 |
Keywords: | parse, theory |
Linlist Leo wrote in message 99-10-130...
>What I cannot figure out is whether there is any language that is not
>inherently ambiguous but cannot be LR(k) for any k. I'd appreciate if
>anyone can give me some hints.
Lots of them. Here's an easy one:
S -> A C a | B C b
A -> x
B -> x
C -> c | C c
You will eventually know, by the last symbol, whether or not the first 'x'
is an A or a B, but for any 'k', you may have to look ahead more than k c's
to tell.
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