[fpc-pascal] More syntax questions (and more to follow)

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 16 Dec 2023, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
>> Please note that the syntax diagrams are NOT meant to be exhaustive.
>> They are an aid to explain the syntax. I strive to make them as correct as
>> possible, but they make no pretense to being complete.
>
> Anyway, I strive to make the syntax complete and correct. When it is ready, I 
> can send it in to be added as an Appendix to the Language Reference manual. I 
> have an ebfn-driven general (back-parsing) parser, that already works for 
> Oberon-0 end UCSD-Pascal. So, the ebnf can be tested.

There are several typesetting systems that can convert EBNF to a nice
diagram, so it can be nicely typeset too.

I have long been looking for an EBNF, and only found several syntaxes for other
systems, so that would be really good if you could make one. I would include
it at once :-)

Michael.