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Re: Proposal #2 for BNF/EBNF markup
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Proposal #2 for BNF/EBNF markup
- From: Dave Makower <davemak at iclick dot com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 07:52:19 -0400
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>| - I kept the name nt because otherwise it really clogs up the code
>
>Hmm. Mumble. Maybe.
Probably not worth a whole lot more debate on such a small issue, but
while I can see <rhs> and <lhs> as well-known abbreviations, <nt> has
the disadvantages that: (a) it will be one of the less
self-explanatory elements in the docbook vocabulary, and (b) it
usually stands for something else. So I'll make one last mention of
my preference for <nonterminal>. I know <nt> is much more concise,
and the point about <nonterminal> clogging up the code is well-taken,
but if the judgment call were in my hands, I would still prefer the
self-describing <nonterminal> to the concise <nt>.
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