- From: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:40:24 -0700
- To: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Cc: public-ixml@w3.org
Steven Pemberton writes: > So my solution was: > > comments: (comment, s?)+. > -s: -[" "; #a; #9]. > > > comment: "(*", content, ")". > -content: (c*, "*"+)+~["*)"]. > -c: ~["*"]. > > > I consider the interesting bit to be the last "*" in the rule for > content, which is only there to force the earlier "*"+ to match the > maximal number of asterisks. Nice use of a separator! I had to study the compiled version of this for several minutes before I saw how it worked: I was unconsciously misreading the rule for 'content' as if there were a comma after the first right-parenthesis. Michael -- C. M. Sperberg-McQueen Black Mesa Technologies LLC http://blackmesatech.com
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