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Subject: Re: Ada grammar rules for names too permissive?
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On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 12:44:17 AM UTC-8, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> The grammar as written is never the one actually used for whatever 
> purpose other than explanation or, maybe, validation. An extreme case 
> illustrating why, is source code coloring, 

On the contrary, Emacs Ada mode source code coloring uses a generated parser for the Ada language, with only minimal changes from Annex P.

I'm sure there are other examples that illustrate your point.