Re: ANSI C++ Grammar

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From: David Kastrup
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00

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Akintunde Omitowoju <omit@washington.xtn.net> writes:

> I wasn't sure who to ask, but my professor suggested trying here.
> 
> I was wondering whether anyone knows of any place on the 'net that has a
> freely available ANSI C++ compliant grammar.  I would be needing the
> grammar for my thesis work here at school.
> 
> Could anyone please point me out to any information regarding this?

You could just take the grammar from the g++ frontend of gcc.  Be
prepared to spill you stomach contents, though.

C++ syntax was not really designed to be parseable in a sensible way,
and the contortions to feed it to an LALR(1) parser (that correct,
buddies?) are enough to make one cry.

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Date: 1997/04/04
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