[antlr-interest] lexer: embedded quotes assistance

[Gavin Lambert]

At 04:23 25/08/2007, Edwards, Waverly wrote:
 >I haven't figured out how to get ANTLR to tell me the string is
 >unterminated but I will.

Well, by the first definition (that permits embedded NEWLINEs), 
the only way a string could possibly be unterminated is if an EOF 
occurs before the final quote -- in which case it should throw 
some kind of RecognitionException, because it can't match the 
final quote.

If embedded NEWLINEs are only permitted following the line 
continuation character, then you really should add that to the 
rule the way I described, to avoid having typos make strings 
consume the remainder of the file.


I'm also a little surprised at how involved your replace calls 
are.  Doesn't Java have a "replace all" function already?