[lojban] Re: My parser, SI, SA, and ZOI

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:58:57PM -0400, jcowan@reutershealth.com
wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> 
> > b. If the Lojban word "zo" (selma'o ZO) is identified, treat the
> > following Lojban word as a token labelled 'any_word_698', instead of
> > lexing it by its normal grammatical function.
> > 
> > So "zoi da de da" is turned into four tokens, "zoi da anything_699
> > da" and "zo da" is turned into the single token "any_word_698".
> 
> I read this instead as saying that "zo da" becomes "zo any_word_698",
> and that's what the official parser does.  I agree with your reading
> of zoi. While we're at it, "lo'u ... le'u" beomces "lo'u any_words_697
> le'u".

OK.  So given all that, what are *your* expectations for how SI *should*
act on these constructs (regardless of how grammar.300 defines them).

-Robin

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