Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> writes: > On 24/01/2023 00:41, David Kastrup wrote: >> At any rate, postfix expressions require lookahead, and ** requires more >> than one token of lookahead. What constructs would you see as >> candidates before ** ? > > > Without agreeing or disagreeing with the '**' idea, couldn't > the lexer just emit a different token for '**'?
I am not too enthused about composite tokens. That makes for awkward stuff in lyrics, for example. At any rate, any postfix sequence requires lookahead. -- David Kastrup
