Clipka at 17:29, 5 October 2018

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 ARRAY_DECLARATION:   #declare IDENTIFIER = array[ mixed ][ INT ] INT ..."

2018-10-05T17:20:59Z

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==Random ideas for an overhauled way of representing syntax==

This is what we currently have:

<pre>
ARRAY_DECLARATION:
#declare IDENTIFIER = array[ mixed ][ INT ][[ INT ]]..[ARRAY_INITIALIZER] |
#local IDENTIFIER = array[ mixed ][ INT ][[ INT ]]..[ARRAY_INITIALIZER]
...
</pre>

If we abandong pre-formatted text, we can use formatting to our advantage. For example, the following uses a definition list in a <code><div></code> tag (using "Note" here but we should of course use a dedicated style class, so that we can fine-tune the style), and <code>%&t;code></code> to mark literal text:

<div class="Note">
;ARRAY_DECLARATION
:<code>#declare</code> IDENTIFIER <code>= array</code> [ <code>mixed</code> ] <code>[</code> INT <code>]</code> [ <code>[</code> INT <code>]</code> ].. [ ARRAY_INITIALIZER ] |
:<code>#local</code> IDENTIFIER <code>= array</code> [ <code>mixed</code> ] <code>[</code> INT <code>]</code> [ <code>[</code> INT <code>]</code> ].. [ ARRAY_INITIALIZER ]
;...
</div>

Or, to make it easier to write, we could simply use bold to indicate literal text:

<div class="Note">
;ARRAY_DECLARATION
:'''#declare''' IDENTIFIER '''= array''' [ '''mixed''' ] '''[''' INT ''']''' [ '''[''' INT ''']''' ]... [ ARRAY_INITIALIZER ] |
:'''#local''' IDENTIFIER '''= array''' [ '''mixed''' ] '''[''' INT ''']''' [ '''[''' INT ''']''' ]... [ ARRAY_INITIALIZER ]
;...
</div>

As a final example, here's using bold for literal text, italics for syntax non-terminals, and normal for everything else, while also using subscript "opt" instead of square brackets to indicate optional stuff, and subscript "opt..." to indicate optional stuff that can appear multiple times:

<div class="Note">
;''ARRAY_DECLARATION''
:'''#declare''' ''IDENTIFIER'' '''= array''' '''mixed'''<sub>opt</sub> '''[''' ''INT'' ''']''' '''[''' ''INT'' ''']'''<sub>opt...</sub> ''ARRAY_INITIALIZER''<sub>opt</sub> |
:'''#local''' ''IDENTIFIER'' '''= array''' '''mixed'''<sub>opt</sub> '''[''' ''INT'' ''']''' '''[''' ''INT'' ''']'''<sub>opt...</sub> ''ARRAY_INITIALIZER''<sub>opt</sub>
;...
</div>

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Clipka at 17:29, 5 October 2018

Clipka: Created page with "==Random ideas for an overhauled way of representing syntax== This is what we currently have:
ARRAY_DECLARATION: #declare IDENTIFIER = array[ mixed ][ INT ] INT ..."