On Sunday 21 September 2008 14:44, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Saturday 20 September 2008 22:00, Yet ANOTHER Test Runner wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > How can I insert a token ';' in the TokenStream if it is omitted.
>
> Why conceptualize it as inserting a semicolon? Why not conceptualize
> it as the semicolon being a _separator_, not a _terminator_ and write
> the syntax rules accordingly?
>
> E.g., compare these:
>
> /* All statements are terminated by a semicolon */
> BlockBody: ( Statement ';' ) *
>
> vs.:
>
> /* Statements are separated by a semicolon */
> BlockBody: ( Statement ( ';' Statement ) * ) ?

NOTE: I should not have used upper-case letters for these rules, since 
that's for lexer rules. I should be:


/* All statements are terminated by a semicolon */
blockBody: ( statement ';' ) *

vs.:

/* Statements are separated by a semicolon */
blockBody: ( statement ( ';' statement ) * ) ?


Randall Schulz

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