Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: > On 29 April 2010 14:51, Florian Klaempfl <flor...@freepascal.org> wrote: >> Having a bigger lookahead makes a lot more things far more complex >> epecially in combination with include files, macros, generics. > > Why?
Because you've always to take care of the possible extra lookahead. The scanner knows nothing about syntax. > You only apply the extra lookaheads where needed (code that > could be ambiguous). All other parts of the code will be parsed as > normal - as it is done now. > > So far I know of only two examples where extra lookaheads need to be used. > * wiki example where 'default' is used > * my example to fix the inconsistent syntax for hint directives > (deprecated). > _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
