Here's the latest updated BNF for sweet-expressions' main productions. I renamed i-expression into it-expression, so that they wouldn't be confused with SRFI-49. This uses the restart lists' new restart_tail.
I'm omitting the (voluminous) comments, so you can see the main productions at a glance. There are only 6 productions (rules). As formatted, it's 70 lines (65 ignoring blank lines). I think it's relatively short and clear. --- David A. Wheeler =================================================== restart_tail returns [Object v]: it_expr rt=restart_tail {$v = cons($it_expr.v, $rt.v);} | comment_eol retry=restart_tail {$v = $retry.v;} | restart_end {$v = null;} ; head returns [Object v] : PERIOD /* Leading ".": escape following datum like an n-expression. */ (hspace+ (pn=n_expr hspace* {$v = list($pn.v);} | empty {$v = list(".");} /*= (list '.) */ ) | empty {$v = list(".");} /*= (list '.) */ ) | RESTART hspace* restart_tail hspace* (rr=rest {$v = cons($restart_tail.v, $rr.v); } | empty {$v = list($restart_tail.v); } ) | basic=n_expr_first /* Only match n_expr_first */ ((hspace+ (br=rest {$v = cons($basic.v, $br.v);} | empty {$v = list($basic.v);} )) | empty {$v = list($basic.v);} ) ; rest returns [Object v] : PERIOD /* Improper list */ (hspace+ (pn=n_expr hspace* {$v = $pn.v;} | empty {$v = list(".");}) | empty {$v = list(".");}) | RESTART hspace* restart_tail hspace* (rr=rest {$v = cons($restart_tail.v, $rr.v);} | empty {$v = list($restart_tail.v);} ) | scomment hspace* (sr=rest {$v = $sr.v;} | empty {$v = null;} ) | basic=n_expr ((hspace+ (br=rest {$v = cons($basic.v, $br.v);} | empty {$v = list($basic.v);} )) | empty {$v = list($basic.v);} ) ; body returns [Object v] : it_expr (same next_body=body {$v = cons($it_expr.v, $next_body.v);} | dedent {$v = list($it_expr.v);} ) ; it_expr returns [Object v] : head (options {greedy=true;} : ( GROUP_SPLICE hspace* /* Not initial; interpret as splice */ (options {greedy=true;} : comment_eol error | empty {$v = monify($head.v);} ) | SUBLIST hspace* sub_i=it_expr /* head SUBLIST it_expr case */ {$v=append($head.v, list(monify($sub_i.v)));} | comment_eol // Normal case, handle child lines if any: (indent children=body {$v = append($head.v, $children.v);} | empty {$v = monify($head.v);} /* No child lines */ ))) | (GROUP_SPLICE | scomment) hspace* /* Initial; Interpet as group */ (group_i=it_expr {$v = $group_i.v;} /* Ignore initial GROUP/scomment */ | comment_eol (indent g_body=body {$v = $g_body.v;} /* Normal GROUP use */ | same g_i=it_expr {$v = $g_i.v;} /* Plausible separator */ | dedent error )) | SUBLIST hspace* is_i=it_expr /* "$" as first expression on line */ {$v=list($is_i.v);} | abbrevh hspace* abbrev_i_expr=it_expr {$v=list($abbrevh.v, $abbrev_i_expr.v);} ; t_expr returns [Object v] : comment_eol t_expr1=t_expr {$v=$t_expr1.v;} /* Initial lcomment, retry */ | (initial_indent_no_bang | hspace+ ) (n_expr {$v = $n_expr.v;} /* indent processing disabled */ | comment_eol t_expr2=t_expr {$v=$t_expr2.v;} ) | initial_indent_with_bang error | EOF {generate_eof();} /* End of file */ | it_expr {$v = $it_expr.v;} /* Normal case */ ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss