Hi all,
[assuming it gets to the ruby-talk list w/o challenge]
Let me second the idea that whitespace should not change the meaning
of a construct...bad enough that it's context-sensitive (and
lexically not via flow analysis) so that foo can be a function call
or var ref. ick. Syntax implies meaning, people. Period.
Note that ANTLR semantic predicates can resolve grammar ambiguities
by using a boolean expression at run time to resolve things depending
on context (i.e., what's in the symbol table). I am using Ruby as an
example ambig language for use in an academic paper to show off the
predicates. ;)
Terence ("antlr project lead and supreme dictator")
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