[antlr-interest] learning pitfall....

[Lloyd Dupont]

still learning ANTLR and having problems.....

I try with my real problem which is, amongst other things, to rewrite my Java interprer with ANTLR.

I want it to be able to read java or my (so-called) "LJSH script" which could have, for example, import statement anyway.

so I try to compile this:

the java.g grammar (in examples\java\java), this work well.

But if I add this production in the grammar:
// ------- added in java.g, in JavaRecognizer class ----------
script : (statement | importDefinition) *  ;
//---------------------------------------------------------------------

there is suddenly a non determinism in "identifierStar" rule, I hardly figure it why and how to debug this.
HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP
Please......
(Thanks)

By the way, reading anything I could about nondeterminism I see an example with a token set like that :
-------------
('b' | )
--------------
I hardly figure out what this could mean ! could you explain ?
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