Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> writes:
> Yes, I meant to write that I think Org syntax is maybe *not*
> context-free, and therefore EBNF can't capture all of it. But it could
> still be very helpful and capture most of it.
I'm not arguing about the usefulness of a partial EBNF description. I'm
merely pointing out that the syntax is not context-free. Here is an
example:
# This is a comment (1)
#+begin_example
# This is not a comment (2)
#+end_example
AFAICT, you cannot distinguish between lines (1) and (2) with EBNF.
Regards,
