- From: Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:20:19 -0500
- To: Dave Beckett <dave@dajobe.org>
- Cc: public-rdf-comments@w3.org
* Dave Beckett <dave@dajobe.org> [2013-03-06 20:49-0800]
> On 3/4/13 12:16 PM, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
> > * Dave Beckett <dave@dajobe.org> [2013-03-04 09:42-0800]
> >>
> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-turtle-20130219/
> >>
> >> In the grammar it is easier to read if quotes inside quotes are
> >> always written in hex like #xHH
> >>
> >> e.g in rules [24] and [25] about long single and double quotes it
> >> would be easier to read if it was expressed the way it was written in
> >> rules [22] and [23] where double quote is written as #x22
> >
> > Perhaps you only want to change the character ranges, i.e. change:
> > [24] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_SINGLE_QUOTE ::= "'''" (("'" | "''")? [^'\] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* "'''"
> > [25] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_QUOTE ::= '"""' (('"' | '""')? [^"\] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* '"""'
> > [159s] ECHAR ::= '\' [tbnrf\"']
> > to read:
> > [24] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_SINGLE_QUOTE ::= "'''" (("'" | "''")? [^#x27\] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* "'''"
> > [25] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_QUOTE ::= '"""' (('"' | '""')? [^#x22\] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* '"""'
> > [159s] ECHAR ::= '\' [tbnrf\#x22#x27]
> >
> > Changing all quotes per <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#NT-Char> would be rather verbose:
> > [22] STRING_LITERAL_QUOTE ::= #x22 ([^#x22#x5C#xA#xD] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* #x22
> > [23] STRING_LITERAL_SINGLE_QUOTE ::= #x27 ([^#x27#x5C#xA#xD] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* #x27
> > [24] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_SINGLE_QUOTE ::= #x27 #x27 #x27 ((#x27 | #x27 #x27 )? [^#x27#x5C] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* #x27 #x27 #x27
> > [25] STRING_LITERAL_LONG_QUOTE ::= #x22 #x22 #x22 ((#x22 | #x22 #x22 )? [^#x22#x5C] | ECHAR | UCHAR)* #x22 #x22 #x22
> > [172s] PN_LOCAL_ESC ::= '\' ('_' | '~' | '.' | '-' | '!' | '$' | '&' | #x27 | '(' | ')' | '*' | '+' | ',' | ';' | '=' | '/' | '?' | '#' | '@' | '%')
> > and maybe change \ to #x5C as well.
> >
> > Can you reply with a grammar which shows which extreme, or point between the extremes, you feel is most useful to readers?
>
> I just said quotes inside quotes
>
> so use '#x22#x22#x22' instead of '"""' etc.
>
> It was just a suggestion for those squinting at tiny pixels of quotes.
Ahh, makese sense, but we'd have to augment the XML grammar notation
which allows for #xN, but not inside ""s or ''s.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-notation
Noting that [172s] PN_LOCAL_ESC includes '#', we'd have to invent more
escaping syntax for use inside ""s and ''s, e.g. '\#x22\#x22\#x22'.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-turtle-20130219/#grammar-production-PN_LOCAL_ESC
In net, I think it's safer to make people squint, since cut and paste
do the right thing.
Please reply with "I couldn't be happier" to indicate that your
concearns have been addressed.
> Dave
>
>
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-ericP
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