Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF?

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Missing "tag" in EBNF? Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (11 Apr 2026 16:19 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? John Cowan (11 Apr 2026 18:45 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Arthur A. Gleckler (11 Apr 2026 19:00 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? John Cowan (11 Apr 2026 19:47 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Peter McGoron (11 Apr 2026 19:52 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (11 Apr 2026 19:52 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (11 Apr 2026 20:02 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? John Cowan (11 Apr 2026 20:30 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (11 Apr 2026 21:45 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? John Cowan (11 Apr 2026 23:06 UTC)

Re: Missing "tag" in EBNF? Peter McGoron 11 Apr 2026 19:47 UTC

 > I'm not sure if it should be inclusive ("letter (letter |
digit)*") or exclusive (a list of all the tags).

IMO it should just be <identifier>. The reader can raise an exception if
its not a type that is supported. It would also support |f64|, which
would be odd but I think should be OK.

-- Peter McGoron