Dear Simon,
In message <CAPnjgZ3THSM=TYvkGQJanmD0SwUzWsmcYWTG=vuahiqfje3...@mail.gmail.com>
you wrote:
>
> Well ideally I'd like to avoid Python in this case as it is in the
> compilation path. I am not sure yet what Wolfgang actually wants,
> apart from variable names ending with + which I would like to
> disallow.
>
> So if we can clearly understand the goal, then we might be able to do
> it in awk, but, again, can we just disallow '+' in var names ?
My goal is to have a parser that does not place new restrictions on
an ancient interface. The first step would probably be to define a
clear syntax description.
Eventually this would be also more allowing for variations in white
space, so that "<name>=<value>" could also be written as "<name> =
<value>". ....which in turn would allow for
foo+ = bar
vs.
foo += bar
.
Just my 2¢...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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