Re: Further thoughts on delimiter choices

Steven Pemberton writes:

> On Tuesday 18 January 2022 14:51:52 (+01:00), Norm Tovey-Walsh wrote:
>
>> Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> writes:
>> > You can already add colons to names without changing anything else. It
>> > doesn't make the language ambiguous.
>> >
>> > I just tried it by adding colon to namefollower, and then parsing:
>> >
>> > abc:thing: abc:thing1, abc:thing2, abc:thing3;
>> > abc:thing3, abc:thing2, abc:thing1.
>> > abc:thing1: "a".
>> > abc:thing2: "b".
>> > abc:thing3: "c".
>>
>> Now try
>>
>> abc:thing:thing1: abc:thing2
> Done.
>
> abc:def:ing: abc:def:thing1, abc:def:thing2, abc:def:thing3;
> 	   abc:def:thing3, abc:def:thing2, abc:def:thing1.
> abc:def:thing1: "a".
> abc:def:thing2: "b".
> abc:def:thing3: "c".

I think

  a:b:c.

is a simpler example.  Is this equivalent to

  a = b:c.

or to

  a:b = c.

?

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Received on Tuesday, 18 January 2022 16:35:52 UTC