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| author | Carol Nichols <carol.nichols@gmail.com> | 2015-04-28 22:02:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Carol Nichols <carol.nichols@gmail.com> | 2015-04-28 22:02:53 -0400 |
| commit | 0ddee94cfeec045d23be3ce98d06b2f3f774a134 (patch) | |
| tree | 7432b396cc5fc41f3bcdfa287e5406559a001667 /src | |
| parent | 3e521bfd96597d89dc2f0e8026caf8beee8959d9 (diff) | |
| download | rust-0ddee94cfeec045d23be3ce98d06b2f3f774a134.tar.gz rust-0ddee94cfeec045d23be3ce98d06b2f3f774a134.zip | |
Move explanation that references lexical grammar to the grammar
Reword so that the references to things above/below are up to date and a bit more specific.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/grammar.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/reference.md | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/grammar.md b/src/doc/grammar.md index ad4c0c1711b..80a4b63cc5f 100644 --- a/src/doc/grammar.md +++ b/src/doc/grammar.md @@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ lit_suffix : ident; literal : [ string_lit | char_lit | byte_string_lit | byte_lit | num_lit | bool_lit ] lit_suffix ?; ``` +The optional `lit_suffix` production is only used for certain numeric literals, +but is reserved for future extension. That is, the above gives the lexical +grammar, but a Rust parser will reject everything but the 12 special cases +mentioned in [Number literals](reference.html#number-literals) in the +reference. + #### Character and string literals ```antlr diff --git a/src/doc/reference.md b/src/doc/reference.md index a71f8cf4250..474e09b2c41 100644 --- a/src/doc/reference.md +++ b/src/doc/reference.md @@ -130,11 +130,6 @@ of tokens, that immediately and directly denotes the value it evaluates to, rather than referring to it by name or some other evaluation rule. A literal is a form of constant expression, so is evaluated (primarily) at compile time. -The optional suffix is only used for certain numeric literals, but is -reserved for future extension, that is, the above gives the lexical -grammar, but a Rust parser will reject everything but the 12 special -cases mentioned in [Number literals](#number-literals) below. - #### Examples ##### Characters and strings |