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UserTalk Grammar

The formal grammar for the UserTalk language.

module:

statementlist eoltoken

bracketedidentifier:

identifiertoken

'[' expr ']'

handlerheader:

ontoken bracketedidentifier '(' namelist ')'

ontoken bracketedidentifier '(' ')'

optionalinit:

/*emptiness*/

assigntoken expr

namelistid:

bracketedidentifier optionalinit

namelist:

namelistid

namelist ',' namelistid

namelist ';' namelistid

statementlist:

statement

statementlist ';' statement

bracketedstatementlist:

'{' statementlist '}'

derefid:

term '^'

functionref '^'

'(' expr ')' '^'

dottedid:

term '.' bracketedidentifier

rangeref:

expr totoken expr

arrayref:

term '[' expr ']'

term '[' rangeref ']'

term '[' fieldspec ']'

term:

dottedid

arrayref

bracketedidentifier

derefid

statement:

/*emptiness*/

expr

term assigntoken expr

handlerheader bracketedstatementlist

handlerheader '{' kernelcall '}'

localtoken '(' namelist ')'

localtoken '{' namelist '}'

globaltoken '(' namelist ')'

globaltoken '{' namelist '}'

fileloopheader bracketedstatementlist

loopheader bracketedstatementlist

forloopheader bracketedstatementlist

forinloopheader bracketedstatementlist

ifheader bracketedstatementlist

ifheader bracketedstatementlist elsetoken bracketedstatementlist

bundleheader bracketedstatementlist

breaktoken '(' ')'

breaktoken

continuetoken

returntoken optionalexpr

caseheader '{' casebody '}'

caseheader '{' casebody '}' elsetoken bracketedstatementlist

withheader bracketedstatementlist

tryheader bracketedstatementlist

tryheader bracketedstatementlist elsetoken bracketedstatementlist

kernelcall:

kerneltoken '(' dottedid ')'

fileloopheader:

filelooptoken '(' bracketedidentifier intoken expr ')'

filelooptoken '(' bracketedidentifier intoken expr ',' expr ')'

loopheader:

looptoken '(' statement ';' expr ';' statement ')'

looptoken

looptoken '(' expr ')'

whiletoken expr

looptoken '(' statement ';' expr ')'

forloopheader:

fortoken term assigntoken expr totoken expr

fortoken '(' term assigntoken expr totoken expr ')'

fortoken term assigntoken expr downtotoken expr

fortoken '(' term assigntoken expr downtotoken expr ')'

forinloopheader:

fortoken term intoken expr

fortoken '(' term intoken expr ')'

ifheader:

iftoken expr

tryheader:

trytoken

bundleheader:

bundletoken

caseheader:

casetoken expr

optionalstatementlist:

/*emptiness*/

bracketedstatementlist

casebody:

expr optionalstatementlist

casebody ';' expr optionalstatementlist

withheader:

withtoken termlist

termlist:

term

termlist ',' term

exprlist:

expr

exprlist ',' expr

optionalexprlist:

/*emptiness*/

exprlist

optionalexpr:

/*emptiness*/

expr

fieldspec:

expr ':' expr

fieldlist:

fieldspec

fieldlist ',' fieldspec

namedvalue:

bracketedidentifier ':' expr

namedvaluelist:

namedvalue

namedvaluelist ',' namedvalue

parameterlist:

optionalexprlist

namedvaluelist

exprlist ',' namedvaluelist

functionref:

term '(' parameterlist ')'

expr:

constanttoken

term

'@' term

functionref

plusplustoken term

term plusplustoken

minusminustoken term

term minusminustoken

'(' expr ')'

expr addtoken expr

expr subtracttoken expr

expr multiplytoken expr

expr dividetoken expr

expr modtoken expr

expr EQtoken expr

expr NEtoken expr

expr LTtoken expr

expr LEtoken expr

expr GTtoken expr

expr GEtoken expr

expr beginswithtoken expr

expr endswithtoken expr

expr containstoken expr

expr orortoken expr

expr andandtoken expr

subtracttoken expr %prec unaryminus

nottoken expr

'{' optionalexprlist '}'

'{' fieldlist '}'

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