<id-start-char> ::= <alpha-char> | "_"
-<id-body-char> ::= <id-start-char> @! <digit-char>
+<id-body-char> ::= <id-start-char> | <digit-char>
-<alpha-char> ::= "A" | "B" | \dots\ | "Z"
-\alt "a" | "b" | \dots\ | "z"
-\alt <extended-alpha-char>
+<alpha-char> ::= "A" | "B" | $\cdots$ | "Z"
+ | "a" | "b" | $\cdots$ | "z"
+ | <extended-alpha-char>
<digit-char> ::= "0" | <nonzero-digit-char>
-<nonzero-digit-char> ::= "1" | "2" $| \ldots |$ "9"
+<nonzero-digit-char> ::= "1" | "2" | $\cdots$ | "9"
\end{grammar}
The precise definition of @<alpha-char> is left to the function
<char-literal> ::= "'" <char-literal-char> "'"
-<string-literal-char> ::= any character other than "\\" or "\""
-\alt "\\" <char>
+<string-literal-char> :: "\\" <char>
+ | any character other than "\\" or "\""
-<char-literal-char> ::= any character other than "\\" or "'"
-\alt "\\" <char>
+<char-literal-char> :: "\\" <char>
+ | any character other than "\\" or "'"
<char> ::= any single character
\end{grammar}
\begin{grammar}
<integer-literal> ::= <decimal-integer>
-\alt <binary-integer>
-\alt <octal-integer>
-\alt <hex-integer>
+ | <binary-integer>
+ | <octal-integer>
+ | <hex-integer>
<decimal-integer> ::= "0" | <nonzero-digit-char> @<digit-char>^*
-<binary-integer> ::= "0" @("b"|"B"@) @<binary-digit-char>^+
+<binary-integer> ::= "0" @("b" | "B"@) @<binary-digit-char>^+
<binary-digit-char> ::= "0" | "1"
-<octal-integer> ::= "0" @["o"|"O"@] @<octal-digit-char>^+
+<octal-integer> ::= "0" @["o" | "O"@] @<octal-digit-char>^+
-<octal-digit-char> ::= "0" | "1" $| \ldots |$ "7"
+<octal-digit-char> ::= "0" | "1" | $\cdots$ | "7"
-<hex-integer> ::= "0" @("x"|"X"@) @<hex-digit-char>^+
+<hex-integer> ::= "0" @("x" | "X"@) @<hex-digit-char>^+
<hex-digit-char> ::= <digit-char>
-\alt "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F"
-\alt "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f"
+ | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F"
+ | "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f"
\end{grammar}
Sod understands only integers, not floating-point numbers; its integer syntax
\subsection{Punctuation} \label{sec:syntax.lex.punct}
\begin{grammar}
-<punctuation> ::= any nonalphanumeric character other than "_", "\"" or "'"
+<punctuation> ::= "<<" | ">>" | "||" | "&&"
+ | "<=" | ">=" | "==" | "!=" | "\dots"
+\alt any nonalphanumeric character other than "_", "\"", or "'"
\end{grammar}
\subsection{Comments} \label{sec:syntax.lex.comment}
\begin{grammar}
-<comment> ::= <block-comment>
-\alt <line-comment>
+<comment> ::= <block-comment> | <line-comment>
<block-comment> ::=
"/*"
<abstract-declarator> ::= <declarator>$[\epsilon, \mbox{@<argument-list>}]$
<argument-declarator> ::=
- <declarator>$[\mbox{@<identifier> @! $\epsilon$}, \mbox{@<argument-list>}]$
+ <declarator>$[\mbox{@<identifier> | $\epsilon$}, \mbox{@<argument-list>}]$
<simple-declarator> ::=
<declarator>$[\mbox{@<identifier>}, \mbox{@<argument-list>}]$
@[<list>$[\mbox{@<argument>}]$@]
"?" @[<list>$[\mbox{@<keyword-argument>}]$@]
-<method-argument-list> ::= <argument-list> @! <keyword-argument-list>
+<method-argument-list> ::= <argument-list> | <keyword-argument-list>
<dotted-name> ::= <identifier> "." <identifier>
<property> ::= <identifier> "=" <expression>
-<expression> ::= <term> | <expression> "+" <term> | <expression> "--" <term>
+<expression> ::= <logical-or>
-<term> ::= <factor> | <term> "*" <factor> | <term> "/" <factor>
+<logical-or> ::= <logical-and>
+ | <logical-or> "||" <logical-and>
-<factor> ::= <primary> | "+" <factor> | "--" <factor>
+<logical-and> ::= <bitwise-or>
+ | <logical-and> "&&" <bitwise-or>
+
+<bitwise-or> ::= <bitwise-xor>
+ | <bitwise-or> "|" <bitwise-xor>
+
+<bitwise-xor> ::= <bitwise-and>
+ | <bitwise-xor> "^" <bitwise-and>
+
+<bitwise-and> ::= <equality>
+ | <bitwise-and> "&" <equality>
+
+<equality> ::= <ordering>
+ | <equality> "==" <ordering>
+ | <equality> "!=" <ordering>
+
+<ordering> ::= <shift>
+ | <ordering> "<" <shift>
+ | <ordering> "<=" <shift>
+ | <ordering> ">=" <shift>
+ | <ordering> ">" <shift>
+
+<shift> ::= <additive>
+ | <shift> "<<" <additive>
+ | <shift> ">>" <additive>
+
+<additive> ::= <term>
+ | <additive> "+" <term>
+ | <additive> "--" <term>
+
+<term> ::= <factor>
+ | <term> "*" <factor>
+ | <term> "/" <factor>
+
+<factor> ::= <primary>
+ | "!" <factor> | "~" factor
+ | "+" <factor> | "--" <factor>
<primary> ::=
<integer-literal> | <string-literal> | <char-literal> | <identifier>
-\alt "<" <plain-type> ">"
-\alt "{" <c-fragment> "}"
-\alt "?" <s-expression>
-\alt "(" <expression> ")"
+\alt "<" <plain-type> ">" | "{" <c-fragment> "}" | "?" <s-expression>
+ | "(" <expression> ")"
\end{grammar}
\emph{Property sets} are a means for associating miscellaneous information
\begin{grammar}
<code-definition> ::=
- "code" <identifier> ":" <item-name> @[<constraints>@]
+ "code" <reason> ":" <item-name> @[<constraints>@]
"{" <c-fragment> "}"
+\alt
+ "code" <reason> ":" <constraints> ";"
+
+<reason> ::= <identifier>
<constraints> ::= "[" <list>$[\mbox{@<constraint>}]$ "]"
<constraint> ::= @<item-name>^+
-<item-name> ::= <identifier> @! "(" @<identifier>^+ ")"
+<item-name> ::= <identifier> | "(" @<identifier>^+ ")"
\end{grammar}
The @<c-fragment> will be output unchanged to one of the output files.
elsewhere in the generated output files.
+\subsection{Static instance definitions} \label{sec:syntax.module.instance}
+
+\begin{grammar}
+<static-instance-definition> ::=
+ "instance" <identifier> <identifier>
+ @[":" <list>$[\mbox{@<instance-initializer>}]$@] ";"
+
+<instance-initializer> ::= <identifier> "." <identifier> "=" <c-fragment>
+\end{grammar}
+
+Properties:
+\begin{description}
+\item[@"extern"] A boolean flag: if true, then the instance is public, and
+ will be declared in the output header file; if false (the default), then
+ the instance is only available to code defined within the module.
+\item[@"const"] A boolean flag: if true (the default), then the instance is
+ read-only, and may end up in write-protected storage at run-time; if false,
+ then the instance will be writable.
+\end{description}
+
+
\subsection{Class definitions} \label{sec:syntax.module.class}
\begin{grammar}
\begin{description}
\item[@|message_class|] A symbol naming the Lisp class to use to represent
the message.
+\item[@|readonly|] A boolean indicating whether the message guarantees not to
+ modify its receiver. If this is true, the receiver will be declared
+ @"const".
\item[@|combination|] A keyword naming the aggregating method combination to
use.
\item[@|most_specific|] A keyword, either @`first' or @`last', according to