[stringtemplate-interest] Meaning of @ syntax for templates?

[Terence Parr]

On Dec 22, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Mike Pagel wrote:

> What exactly is the meaning of this style of defining a template in  
> a group:
>
> @outputFile.imports() ::= <<
> ...
> >>
>
> I've seen this in the group file grammar and used in ANTLR templates  
> but I don't think it is explained where I looked... :-) Is this just  
> syntactic sugar to simulate a namespace? I am trying to understand  
> not to criticize...

Hi. these are super great "region" definitions, a finer-grained  
alternative to template inheritance. See

http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ST/Template+regions

you will dig it.

Ter