[erlang-questions] BNF/EBNF Grammar for Erlang

[Richard O'Keefe]

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On 12/11/2011, at 9:55 AM, Ryan Molden wrote:

> I'll assume that wasn't meant to be as condescending as it came off to me.
>  
> >which is about as clear as it can get
>  
> Yeah, something about 
> binary_type -> '<<' '>>' : {type, ?line('$1'),binary,
> [abstract(0, ?line('$1')),
> abstract(0, ?line('$1'))]}.


>  
> binary_type -> '<<' bin_base_type '>>' : {type, ?line('$1'),binary,
> ['$2', abstract(0, ?line('$1'))]}.

Read what's before the colon:
	binary_type -> '<<' '>>'.
	binary_type -> '<<' bin_base_type '>>'.

This *is* BNF, up to punctuation.
I've attached a copy of the R12B-5 grammar with the "what to build"
part stripped out.  This really is about as clear as it can get.