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Here's my compilation harness, with potentially interesting choices you might want to look at godbolt.org/z/8eYKj7458

sehe
– sehe

2026-01-11 23:12:08 +00:00
Commented Jan 11 at 23:12
Thanks so much! "Your grammar can be expressed more elegantly" -> Why is that one more "elegant" than the other?

Frederic Schönberger
– Frederic Schönberger

2026-01-17 18:29:58 +00:00
Commented Jan 17 at 18:29
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Because it involves iteration instead of recursion and as such more directly expresses the repeated grammar production. It's subjective of course. It also involves a less complex semantic action, avoiding the need to destructure any attributes.

sehe
– sehe

2026-01-17 20:10:50 +00:00
Commented Jan 17 at 20:10

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