Hope Rouselle <hrouse...@jevedi.com> writes:
> Hope Rouselle <hrouse...@jevedi.com> writes:
>
>> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:05:29 -0300, Jack Brandom <jbran...@example.com>
>>> declaimed the following:
>>>
>>>>Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> subscript: '.' '.' '.' | test | [test] ':' [test] [sliceop]
>>>>> sliceop: ':' [test]
>>>
>>>>
>>>>This is looking less readable, so, no, I prefer that previous, which was
>>>>much clearer about slices. I can't even quite make the slices out in
>>>>these rules. (But thanks for the opportunity to try.)
>>>
>>> The last part of "subscript" has the main "slice" notation (stripping
>>> the quotes)
>>>
>>> [test] : [test]
>>>
>>> and the "stride" component is [sliceop] being
>>>
>>> : [test]
>>
>> Let's see. Let ``-->'' mean ``expands to''. Then
>>
>> subscript
>> --> [test] ':' [test] [sliceop]
>> --> [test] ':' [test] ':' [test]
>>
>> Does the brackets mean that its content count be omitted?
> ^^^^ ^^^^^
>
> _Do_ the brackets mean that its content _can_ be omitted? (This is
^^^
> really too much coffee. It's crazy where my attention goes.)
Lol. Should I say _their_ content? I guess so. :-)
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