[lojban] Re: Annotated PEG grammar

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 16:05, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't mind seeing the annotations finished, I think that's a
> useful thing to have, but what I would really want is seeing the rules
> cleaned up, including some minor adjustments to the grammar.  This
> grammar is not official yet so we do have some room to tinker.

Well, I've already made a few, as you know. But I think ideally we'd
have a few test cases for each change that shows what the change
changes.

> For example, why is joik-jek up there in the text rule instead of
> being a fragment?

Because otherwise there wouldn't be anything to do up there?

> BTW, the comment about free* and UI is not exactly rght. In fact UI is
> not an instance of free, and can occur in a few more places than
> free*.

And a few less, no? Yes, you're absolutely right, and I do find it kind of odd.

Chris Capel
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