[antlr-interest] Comparing two rules for equality

[Gokulakannan Somasundaram]

Hi,
   Sometimes we have a rule which will work only with say k=n(n>1). We work
on it to create a rule with some lesser k(say k=n-1). Obviously i would have
done some kind of left-factoring  to arrive at this. After working on it and
completing it. Is there a way to check, whether the new rule is the same as
older rule?
   Say the first rule accepts 10 alternatives in the form of two sub-rules
with some chain of tokens. How can i verify whether the new rule written
will have the same behavior? Of- course testing it with the alternatives is
one-way. But is there a way to compare two rules for equality?

Thanks,
Gokul.
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