On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 07:13:32PM -0800, Ashley Yakeley wrote:
> At 2002-02-28 07:18, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
>
> > whitechar -> newline | vertab | space | tab | uniWhite
> > newline -> return linefeed | return | linefeed | formfeed
> > return-> a carriage return
> > linefeed -> a l
At 2002-02-28 07:18, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> whitechar -> newline | vertab | space | tab | uniWhite
> newline -> return linefeed | return | linefeed | formfeed
> return-> a carriage return
> linefeed -> a line feed
>
>This means that CR, LF, or CRLF, are all valid 'newline' separat
To meet Ian's observation below, I propose to replace the
lexical production
newline -> a newline (system dependent)
by
newline -> return linefeed | return | linefeed
which, given maximal munch, will behave decently on
any normal system.
Any objections?
Simon
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