Static instance support.

[sod] / doc / syntax.tex

diff --git a/doc/syntax.tex b/doc/syntax.tex
index fc34e4e..6c05acc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/syntax.tex
+++ b/doc/syntax.tex
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ could be a token.
 
 <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" $| \cdots |$ "Z"
-  | "a" | "b" $| \cdots |$ "z"
+<alpha-char> ::= "A" | "B" | $\cdots$ | "Z"
+  | "a" | "b" | $\cdots$ | "z"
   | <extended-alpha-char>
 
 <digit-char> ::= "0" | <nonzero-digit-char>
 
-<nonzero-digit-char> ::= "1" | "2" $| \cdots |$ "9"
+<nonzero-digit-char> ::= "1" | "2" | $\cdots$ | "9"
 \end{grammar}
 
 The precise definition of @<alpha-char> is left to the function
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ discouraged.
 
 <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" $| \cdots |$ "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>
   | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F"
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ binary.  However, length and signedness indicators are not permitted.
 \subsection{Punctuation} \label{sec:syntax.lex.punct}
 
 \begin{grammar}
-<punctuation> ::= "\dots"
+<punctuation> ::= "<<" | ">>" | "||" | "&&"
+  | "<=" | ">=" | "==" | "!=" | "\dots"
 \alt any nonalphanumeric character other than "_", "\"", or "'"
 \end{grammar}
 
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ defined in the built-in module.
 <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>$[\mbox{@<identifier>}, \mbox{@<argument-list>}]$
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ keyword arguments.
   @[<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>
 
@@ -367,7 +368,36 @@ keyword arguments.
 
 <property> ::= <identifier> "=" <expression>
 
-<expression> ::= <additive>
+<expression> ::= <logical-or>
+
+<logical-or> ::= <logical-and>
+  | <logical-or> "||" <logical-and>
+
+<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>
@@ -640,14 +670,18 @@ declarations instead.
 
 \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.
@@ -676,6 +710,27 @@ preprocessor directives in order to declare types and functions for use
 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}
@@ -869,6 +924,9 @@ Properties:
 \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