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Alan Manuel Gloria: > It *might*. I suggest we need better names. We don't really need to > prefix with "it_expr", for example. So maybe "normal_it_expr" and > "special_it_expr" instead. Good names are always a good idea! I've switched to those names; if anyone has an even better idea, please speak up. > Having more rules helps in discussing rules, Sure! > and may help suggest how > to organize a top-down recursive descent parser. The current structure is specially rigged to be especially easy to implement as a recursive descent parser. But if it's too hard to follow, it's not a good idea; *people* need to understand it too :-). > However, we might want to ask Mark H. Weaver directly if this helps > clarify the BNF. Agreed. Mark H. Weaver - would splitting it up into more-but-smaller rules help? --- David A. Wheeler