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Does any one or specifically, @code-witch know where I might find a complete grammar for javascript in EBNF form?
Admonisions telling me to google it are best left unposted. I've been googling all morning.
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*lol* only _well formed_ languages can be expressed in EBNF 
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And because you are not able to google or overloaded with the results, take this:
BNF for EcmaScript.jj[^]
..and no, EBNF for javascript will _not_ be easy to go through
modified 27-Sep-21 21:01pm.
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You are the parsing/language master here Observed by me since ... and you are really good on that, at least for me 
modified 27-Sep-21 21:01pm.
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Thanks!
I knew you would be the one to have such a thing or know where to get it. I am grateful.
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Good luck in your endeavor. I hope you don't have to interpret that language!
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Thanks again. I'm going to use the grammar to drive an infragistics syntax highlighting control. And to parse it so that I can format it from minified into readable form.
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Forgive me, but a grammar isn't the best way to approach that.
Syntax highlighting is usually done these days in pro systems using a combination of regular expressions and anchors.
Minification is done even more easily, simply by tossing out whitespace around most tokens and skipping strings. You barely need to lex.
A grammar is going to make it slow, hard to debug, and a lot harder to code. Just my $0.02. Been to this rodeo a few times.
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I do appreciate the advice.
What is your recommendation, given that lexing and parsing are beyond me right now. I don't know enough about either one.
But I have this Infragistics control and it uses EBNF files to highlight and parse. Right now it looks like my best option.
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Well if you already have a control that uses EBNF grammars, go ahead and use that, I suppose.
Except i doubt it will handle comments properly for reasons. You'll want to check. particularly with /* */ in the middle of wo/*like this*/rds
I'd have probably used ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit if i was starting from scratch but that would just be a starting point for me.
Your minification shouldn't use it at all i think though.
What you'll want to do is make code that skips javascript strings and comments.
And then from there you'll want to take what's left over and reduce all whitespace runs to a single space. If you want to get more minified than that you can eliminate all space except when two identifiers are next to each other.
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Wow. It sounds like you like your pain in large doses. Do you golf as well?
Software Zen: delete this;
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 I like imagining that I'm doing worthwhile stuff. Whether I really am, is anybody's guess.
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Thank you very much volunteers to let that through, most probably Paul or Richard or Nelek
modified 27-Sep-21 21:01pm.
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You are welcome 
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Not gonna lie, Pavarotti made Bono look sound like a contestant at a small town karaoke night.
Not that he was awful - but they're just not in the same class.
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I suspect a hummuscide.
Yes, yes, I'm showing myself out again, didn't even take off my coat.
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I'm falafel grateful for your post
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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Please don't tahini more of those ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The chick pea’s cousin, baby Ghanoush, will not even have a memory of their relative.
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It might be an acquired taste: Humus[^] 
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I'm trying to stop being one of those inactive developers. My doctor says that walking 30 minutes a day can make a big difference.
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