[Bug 5321] REs are not production nonterminals

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5321





------- Comment #3 from davep@iit.edu  2008-01-06 23:28 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> The XML 1.0 Rec does indeed use regex-like constructs in its EBNF notation,
> described at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-notation.

Examining that definition, I find that it is circular.  Namely, the
square-bracket notations are defined in terms of the "Char" nonterminal, which
is in turn defined in terms of square-bracket notations.  I hope we don't
choose to knowingly appeal to a circular definition.  I think we *can* do it
better.

Received on Sunday, 6 January 2008 23:29:00 UTC