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Semicolon optional at end of line [message #1806908]

Fri, 17 May 2019 12:20

Lutz Wrage

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Registered: July 2009

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I would like to define a language that uses semicolons to separate statements form each other. However, I want semicolons optional at the end of a line only. If two statements (or more) are on the same line the semicolon should be required between statement 1 and 2, but not after statement 2. (Line breaks should still be allowed everywhere where whitespace is allowed.)

For example, with the trivial greeting language:

Valid:

Hello X!;
Hello Y!
Hello Z!

Hello A!; Hello B!; Hello C!

Hello K
!; Hello L!

Hello M!; Hello
N!

Invalid:

Hello X! Hello Y!
Hello A! Hello B!;

How do I do this in Xtext? It seems like I need to treat '\n' as non whitespace, but then I'd have to insert explicit '\n' everywhere in the grammar. Is there an easier way to do this?

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Re: Semicolon optional at end of line [message #1806909 is a reply to message #1806908]

Fri, 17 May 2019 12:23

Christian Dietrich

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Registered: July 2009

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what about allow it everywhere in grammar and validate that it is used at line end only?

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Re: Semicolon optional at end of line [message #1806919 is a reply to message #1806909]

Fri, 17 May 2019 15:43

Lutz Wrage

Messages: 181
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I guess you mean: Make it optional everywhere and validate that it's there when not at a line end. That would match what I want.
That may be an option but looks a bit tedious because the validation would need to look at the node model to check for end of line. I was hoping there was something that could be done in the grammar.

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