Yes, but again, it's my opinion only. Igal
2017-07-10 17:30 GMT+03:00 Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> : > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 16:31:44 +0300, יגאל חיטרון <khit...@post.bgu.ac.il> > wrote, > > Hi. Any computer language that has parentheses isn't context free. So > > if > > you are not in Assembly, it's enough. > > About context-free - it's tricky question. I wouldn't call it context > > free > > because of some macro expansions, for example, the pipe ([[abc > > (def)|]] -> > > [[abc (def)|abc]]). The problem I don't know if it will really > > disturb you, > > because highlighting should not care about this. > > The first problem of context-free, templates, should not bother you > > either, > > because you do not have template expansion on the page is > > highlighted, only > > in "runtime". Even "subst" mechanism does not work before saving. > > I tried now to find some wikitext syntax constructs that created a > > "really" > > context sensitive problems, as text power (find ww for some w), but > > had not > > found anything. > > Any other oppinions? > > > Thanks for the reply. So from what I could get does it mean that as far > as syntax-highlighting is concerned 'wikitext' could be considered to > be something close to a context-free language. As a result of, syntax > highlighting could be done with a program that works like a PDA. > Correct me if I'm wrong. > > -- > Kaartic > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
