Re: parser using perl

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Sharan Basappa
<sharan.basappa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
true, I have the grammar in the form of BNF. But I am not interested
in converting
the BNF to parser rules, when I know that these productions are not
useful to me.
I am planning to write 8-10 rules and rules for pertaining tokens
only. Of course,
I might have to write additional rules to catch comments etc.
snip

You will most likely find that those "additional rules to catch
comments etc." wind up being the rest of the grammar. Without them
there will be edge cases that end up bitting you.

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