They are the state numbers for the NFA. The negative numbers represent entry and accepting states of another NFA. If you are not familiar with these diagrams I suggest wikipedia as a very general entry point into nonterministic/deterministic finite automata.
steve On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:32 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Sorry for the basic question, but what do the numbers in the circles > mean when you have "Show: NFA" checked? State numbers? Can I use > that information for anything? Is it significant if they're negative? > > I've got Ter's book and can't find it there, and I've been googling > for half an hour and have missed it. > > Thanks! > > Tony Gray > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest > Unsubscribe: > http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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