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From: dont@tekig1.UUCP (Don Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Grammar for C
Message-ID: <1907@tekig1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-May-85 00:11:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  1 00:11:21 1985
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There are a handful of typo's in the lalr(1) grammar in appendix c of
"A C Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele (Prentice-Hall).  A letter
to them resulted in a prompt reply from Mr. Harbison, and I quote
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     -Change all occurances of "..._ctype>" to "..._type>".

     -Remove definitions of "<008>" and "<key_dcltr>"; they are not needed.

     -"<decl or stmt>" should be "<decl_or_stmt>".

In addition, if you have the first printing of the book, the production

     <cast_exp> ::= ( <typename_declaration> ) <prefix_exp>
should be
     <cast_exp> ::= ( <typename_declaration> ) <cast_exp>

You should also know that this grammar does not accomodate C's "old" form
of initializers and compound assignments.
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I hope this saves someone else a little confusion
Don Taylor
Tektronix Inc.