Re: Suspicious mismatch between SPARQL grammar rules and examples [OK?]

Ivan Mikhailov wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> It seemes to me that the grammar rule
> 
> [20] GraphPattern ::=
>    	Triples? ( GraphPatternNotTriples '.'? GraphPattern )?
> 
> should be written as
> 
> [20] GraphPattern ::=
>    	( Triples '.'? )? ( GraphPatternNotTriples '.'? GraphPattern )?
> 
> to let examples in the spec match the grammar. Consider examples in 
> sections 5.1, 5.2 etc. and note occurencies of '.' immediately before 
> OPTIONAL keywords.
> 
> If changed, the grammar will remain 'yacc-friendly' LL(1).
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ivan Mikhailov,
> OpenLink Software.
> 

Ivan,

The "Triples" rules can end in a DOT itself so it does cover the case of '.' 
followed by OPTIONAL.

[28] Triples ::= Triples1 ( '.' Triples? )?

This allows for

   { :s :p :o . }

The test suite has
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/tests/#syntax-struct-03-rq
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/tests/#syntax-struct-04-rq

which contain
   { :p :q :r OPTIONAL { :a :b :c } }
and
   { :p :q :r . OPTIONAL { :a :b :c } }
respectively to capture the case you highlight.

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	Andy