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States in grammar file
My simplified grammar file is as follow:
States
normal,
tag,
element,
attribute;
Token
{normal->tag, attribute->tag, tag}
abc = 'abc';
blank = ' ';
...
{tag->attribute, normal->attribute, attribute}
alink = 'alink';
....
{element->normal, normal}
valid_input = [[32..127] - [less_than + greater_than]]*;
Productions
...
When I feed the gerenated parser a file where it contains a string "abc
alink" and the parser is in States tag, shouldn't it match 'abc' as token
abc, ' ' as blank, and 'alink' as token alink?
Instead, what it interprets string "abc alink" as valid_input.
valid_input is only suppose to be recognized in State normal. This would
be perfectly understandable if States are not defined(it will goes for the
longest possible match). Am I not understanding how States work here?
Any light on this subject would be appreciated.
Jenny
jlam@sojournlabs.com