[antlr-interest] Re: updated "antlr 2 bashing list"

[lgcraymer]

I agree wholeheartedly with Monty's request, but would generalize it a
bit.  If you rewrite loops as recursive constructs, syntactic
predicates work.  The broader goal should be that logically equivalent
constructs should behave similarly--refactorings need to be supported.

--Loring


--- In antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com, Terence Parr <parrt at c...> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2004, at 12:05 PM, mzukowski at y... wrote:
> 
> > Oops, I mean a syntactic predicate?  The details are hazy, but I 
> > remember
> > wanting to code a loop that says "if you see this, then break out of 
> > the
> > loop", as opposed to the "if you see this then match the following 
> > rule."
> 
> Added to your hate list ;)  I hope that the LL-regular stuff will 
> handle this.
> 
> Ter
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