[antlr-interest] "return" in rule code

[Terence Parr]

Hi Paul,

I strongly recommend not to do this.  Pretend it's not a method in this 
case and make ANTLR do the "right thing". :)

Ter

On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 11:46  AM, Paul J. Lucas wrote:

> Is it "OK" to have a "return" statement in a rule?
>
> 	FOO
> 		: "foo" { if ( cond ) return; } "bar"
> 		;
>
> Will the above match only "foo" if cond is true, i.e., abort the 
> matching?
>
> - Paul
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