[antlr-interest] Can antlr v3 lex star | tristar properly?

[Clifford Heath]

Jim Idle wrote:
> fragment STAR
> : '*' ;
> 
> TRISTAR
> 	: '*'
> 		(  '*' '*'
> 		  | { $type = STAR; }
>             )
> 	;

Jim,

I'm missing something here. Is the fragment STAR only
required to tell ANTLR that there's a token called STAR?
Because your example doesn't use it in the TRISTAR rule.

Assuming that's what you meant, would it be the same to
just have defined STAR in the @tokens section?

Clifford Heath.