I've been digging into Chapter 11 of the manual, in order to
write a second-level parser (ie, recognize logsent, etc.).
The BNF isn't exactly standard (or even correct in some places),
so I have been getting confused about some rather basic things.
Can someone confirm or deny (and then clarify) these statements?
asterisk "*"
An asterisk means "zero or more of this item".
braces "{...}"
Braces mean "zero or more of these items".
brackets "[...]"
Brackets mean "zero or one of these items".
parentheses "(...)"
Parentheses stand for themselves,
rather than acting as grouping operators.
plus sign "+"
A plus sign means "one or more of this item".
-r
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