Re: lua 5.2 EBNF in manual

[Robert Virding <robert.virding@...>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hisham" <h@hisham.hm>
> 
> On 1 November 2013 08:43, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>
> wrote:
> >> Actually that's wrong. The grammar is very, very close to being an LALR(1)
> >> grammar. I only needed to change the rule:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >
> > What is wrong?
> 
> I suppose Robert misread this
> 
> > In particular, the grammar in
> > the implementation is far from good for a tool like yacc.
> 
> ...as "the grammar in the _specification_ is far from good for a tool
> like yacc" (since he then follows by showing how the grammar in the
> manual is almost suitable for a yacc-like tool).
> 
> -- Hisham

Yes, that is what I meant. The Lua grammar description IS very close to a LALR(1) grammar.

Robert