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10350 :: Nim grammar top-level stmt vs complexOrSimpleStmt

• khaledh-nim (orginal) [2023-07-23T20:41:02+02:00] view original

  Nim's grammar defines the top-level term to be:

  
  module = stmt ^* (';' / IND{=})
  Run

  where stmt is:

  
  stmt = (IND{>} complexOrSimpleStmt^+(IND{=} / ';') DED)
       / simpleStmt ^+ ';'
  Run

  I'm not sure the first term should be stmt, since it disallows complexOrSimpleStmt unless it's indented. Shouldn't the top rule be:

  
  module = complexOrSimpleStmt ^* (';' / IND{=})
  Run

  which would be consistent with the actual parser implementation?

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• Araq (orginal) [2023-07-23T20:59:11+02:00] view original

  Good point. :-)

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• metagngn (orginal) [2023-07-23T21:07:27+02:00] view original

  Yes, good catch

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• khaledh-nim (orginal) [2023-07-24T17:56:18+02:00] view original

  Thanks for confirming. I submitted a PR to fix the docs.

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