Lexical Grammar

Comments

comment:

// …the rest of the line

/* …everything even across lines, including nested comments… */

Tokens

token:

name

symbol

number

character-literal

string

unary-operator

binary-operator

punctuation

#-word

punctuation:

one of ( ) , . ; [ ] { } :: - = == =>

one of #( #[ ## ? ?? ?= ...

#-word:

one of #t #f #next #rest #key #all-keys #include

Reserved Words

reserved-word:

core-word

begin-word

function-word

define-body-word

define-list-word

core-word:

one of define end handler let local macro otherwise

The following reserved words are exported by the Dylan module:

begin-word:

one of begin block case for if method

one of select unless until while

function-word:

(none)

define-body-word:

one of class library method module

define-list-word:

one of constant variable domain

Names, Symbols and Keywords

name:

word

\ word

operator-name

unreserved-name:

any word that is not also a reserved-word

\ word

operator-name

ordinary-name:

unreserved-name

define-body-word

define-list-word

constrained-name:

name : word

name : binary-operator

: word

operator-name:

\ unary-operator

\ binary-operator

macro-name:

ordinary-name

begin-word

function-word

name-not-end:

macro-name

one of define handler let local macro otherwise

symbol:

word :

# string

word:

leading-alphabetic

leading-numeric alphabetic-character leading-alphabetic

leading-graphic leading-alphabetic

leading-alphabetic:

alphabetic-character

leading-alphabetic any-character

leading-numeric:

numeric-character

leading-numeric word-character-not-double-alphabetic

leading-graphic:

graphic-character

leading-graphic word-character-not-alphabetic

word-character-not-alphabetic:

numeric-character

graphic-character

special-character

word-character-not-double-alphabetic:

alphabetic-character word-character-not-alphabetic

numeric-character

graphic-character

special-character

any-character:

alphabetic-character

numeric-character

graphic-character

special-character

alphabetic-character:

one of a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

numeric-character:

one of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

graphic-character:

one of ! & * < > | ^ $ % @ _

special-character:

one of - + ~ ? / =

Operators

unary-operator:

one of - ~

binary-operator:

one of + - * / ^ = == ~= ~== < <= > >= & | :=

Character and String Literals

character-literal:

' character '

character:

any printing character (including space) except for ' or \

\ escape-character

string:

" more-string

more-string:

string-character more-string

"

string-character:

any printing character (including space) except for " or \

\ escape-character

escape-character:

one of \ ' " a b e f n r t 0

< hex-digits >

Numbers

number:

integer

ratio

floating-point

integer:

binary-integer

octal-integer

sign_opt decimal-integer

hex-integer

binary-integer:

#b binary-digit

binary-integer binary-digit

octal-integer:

#o octal-digit

octal-integer octal-digit

decimal-integer:

decimal-digit

decimal-integer decimal-digit

hex-integer:

#x hex-digit

hex-integer hex-digit

hex-digits:

hex-digit …

binary-digit:

one of 0 1

octal-digit:

one of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

decimal-digit:

one of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

hex-digit:

one of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

ratio:

sign_opt decimal-integer / decimal-integer

floating-point:

sign_opt decimal-integer_opt . decimal-integer exponent_opt

sign_opt decimal-integer . decimal-integer_opt exponent_opt

sign_opt decimal-integer exponent

exponent:

E sign_opt decimal-integer

sign:

one of + -