- From: Michael Dyck <jmdyck@ibiblio.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:17:38 -0800
- To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
"Kay, Michael" wrote: > > I really think we need to distinguish specifying the language from > writing a parser. The BNF here is absolutely clear, and it's up to the > implementor whether a keyword like "context" is recognized by the lexer > because it's in some special state, or whether the lexer simply returns > a QName to the parser, which checks to see if the QName represents the > string "context". > > I would love to see us get rid of lexical states entirely from the > specification of the language, and reduce them to an appendix on > "implementation hints". I agree completely. -Michael Dyck
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