[stringtemplate-interest] $r.st vs $r.template

Terence Parr parrt at cs.usfca.edu
Sat Nov 26 15:17:12 PST 2005


On Nov 22, 2005, at 11:58 PM, VAUCHER Laurent wrote:

>> .st looks wrong but it is really long to type and believe me,
>> you'll use it in every rule...
>
>   I agree on that. .st does not look very nice, but we can get used
> to it the way lispers got used to CAR and CDR which do not mean
> anything anymore.
>
>   The only other possibility I see is using a special syntax. That
> would make it clear that it is not just any other attribute and
> that templates are part of ANTLR supported translation mechanism.
> The drawback, as always, is syntax-bloat.

Hi Laurent, thanks....I decided on .st :)

Thanks,
Ter


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