Re: [XQuery] lexical leftovers 6

This one also seems editorial, and we'll use editorial process for it, OK?

Jonathan

Michael Dyck wrote:

>XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language
>W3C Working Draft 12 November 2003
>
>Here are some comments from
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2002Nov/0105.html
>that did not receive a response from the WG.
>
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>
>A.1.2 Lexical Rules
>
>The title "Lexical Rules" doesn't descibe this section very well.
>"Lexical State Machine" or "Lexical Automaton" would be more accurate.
>
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>para 1
>
>"[contexts and transitions] is described"
>    Change "is" to "are".
>
>"series of states"
>    There's no particular ordering on the states, so "set of states"
>    would be more accurate.
>
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>para 2
>
>'a transition will "push" [a state] and will later restore that state by
>a "pop" ...'
>    You're saying that a transition will both push a state and later
>    restore it, which is not true. One transition pushes it, and another
>    pops it. So you could say something like:
>        This state is restored (i.e., made the current state) by a
>        subsequent "popState" transition.
>
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>para 3
>
>"the parser productions"
>    This phrase conflates the parser and the grammar. Instead, say "the
>    productions of A.1".
>
>Also (not a leftover):
>"it will be legal in the current EBNF production"
>    The idea of "current production" is undefined.
>    Maybe replace with "it will be deemed legal by the parser".
>
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>
>-Michael Dyck
>
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>

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