From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5df086f5b450f5c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-03 12:22:28 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3af1541f$1@pull.gecm.com> Subject: Re: Ada95 BNF X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <99iI6.18964$Kt2.2053818@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 20:18:30 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.105.128.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 988917445 213.105.128.216 (Thu, 03 May 2001 20:17:25 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 20:17:25 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7129 Date: 2001-05-03T20:18:30+01:00 List-Id: Ok... this seems a little strange to me - but if those are the rules! :-) Is it really that hard to come up with a BNF that does actually match what the language does allow? "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uk83yv1su.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > Just because something is allowed by the syntax, doesn't mean it is > allowed by the language. See the appropriate LRM section for the real > rules. In this case, 'parent_unit_name' is first discussed in 10.1.1, > which doesn't actually help that much. > > > Shouldn't package_unit_name be defined as an Identifier?.. > > A 'parent_unit_name' can be of the form ancestor.parent, which is not > an "identifier". So "name" is appropriate.