On 08/06/2010 07:33 AM, John B. Brodie wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 02:16 -0400, Ken Klose wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm writing my first grammar and have started with something painfully
>> simple but yet cannot figure out why I am receiving errors. At this point
>> I expect my grammar to recognize a whitespace delimited list of integers.
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> detail: ( integer );
>
> this rule recognizes just one integer! not a list....
>
> detail : INTEGER + ;
Shouldn't it also end with an EOF?
detail : INTEGER+ EOF ;
>> integer: ( DIGIT )+;
>
> should probably be a lexer rule
>
> INTEGER : ( DIGIT )+ ;
INTEGER : DIGIT+ ;
No need to the ()'s.
Also, then he doesn't need to remove the "fragment" from the DIGIT rule.
>> fragment DIGIT: '0'..'9';
>> fragment LETTER : ('a'..'z' | 'A'..'Z');
>>
>> WS: (' ' | '\t' | '\n' | '\r' | '\f') {$channel = HIDDEN;};
>
> this rule recognizes (and then ignores) just a single white-space
> character. would be more efficient as
>
> WS : ( ' ' | '\t' | '\n' | '\r' | '\f' )+ {$channel=HIDDEN;} ;
Maybe, but doesn't it ignore *every* single WS character?
No need to use the + in that case (unless the performance benefit is
significant).
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