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library provides a parser generator that is an alternative to that of
<a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">br-parser-tools/yacc</span></a>.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>syntax</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(form._((lib._br-parser-tools/cfg-parser..rkt)._cfg-parser))"></a><span title="Provided from: br-parser-tools/cfg-parser | Package: br-parser-tools-lib"><span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fcfg-parser..rkt%29._cfg-parser%29%29" class="RktStxDef RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">cfg-parser</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">clause</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="specgrammar"><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="RktVar">clause</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">=</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">grammar</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktVar">non-terminal-id</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktVar">grammar-id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">maybe-prec</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">expr</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">|</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">tokens</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">group-id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">|</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">start</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">non-terminal-id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">|</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">end</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">token-id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta">...</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">|</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">error</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">expr</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="center" valign="baseline">|</td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="stt">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="left" valign="baseline"><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">src-pos</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Creates a parser similar to that of <span class="RktSym"><a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fyacc..rkt%29._parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">parser</a></span>. Unlike <span class="RktSym"><a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fyacc..rkt%29._parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">parser</a></span>,
<span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fcfg-parser..rkt%29._cfg-parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">cfg-parser</a></span>, can consume arbitrary and potentially ambiguous context-free
grammars. Its interface is a subset of <a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">br-parser-tools/yacc</span></a>, with
the following differences:</div></p><ul><li><p><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">start</span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVar">non-terminal-id</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p><p>Unlike <span class="RktSym"><a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fyacc..rkt%29._parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">parser</a></span>, <span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fcfg-parser..rkt%29._cfg-parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">cfg-parser</a></span> only allows for
a single non-terminal-id.</p></li><li><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fcfg-parser..rkt%29._cfg-parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">cfg-parser</a></span> form does not support the <span class="RktSym">precs</span>,
<span class="RktSym">suppress</span>, <span class="RktSym">debug</span>, or <span class="RktSym">yacc-output</span>
options of <span class="RktSym"><a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html#%28form._%28%28lib._br-parser-tools%2Fyacc..rkt%29._parser%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">parser</a></span>.</p></li></ul><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" style="color: #888;" type="text" value="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, &quot;6.8.0.1&quot;, &quot;../&quot;);" onfocus="this.style.color=&quot;black&quot;; this.style.textAlign=&quot;left&quot;; if (this.value == &quot;...search manuals...&quot;) this.value=&quot;&quot;;" onblur="if (this.value.match(/^ *$/)) { this.style.color=&quot;#888&quot;; this.style.textAlign=&quot;center&quot;; this.value=&quot;...search manuals...&quot;; }"/></form>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot(&quot;6.8.0.1&quot;);">top</a></span><span class="navright">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="LALR_1__Parsers.html" title="backward to &quot;2 LALR(1) Parsers&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">&larr; prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="index.html" title="up to &quot;Parser Tools: lex and yacc-style Parsing&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Converting_yacc_or_bison_Grammars.html" title="forward to &quot;4 Converting yacc or bison Grammars&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">next &rarr;</a></span>&nbsp;</div></div></div><div id="contextindicator">&nbsp;</div></body></html>