grammar - ANTLR 3, what does LT!* mean? -
i looking @ code javascript grammar written in antlr 3,
http://www.antlr3.org/grammar/1206736738015/javascript.g
in many instances found
program : lt!* sourceelements lt!* eof! ;
what lt!*
mean ?
edit:
from http://ftp.camk.edu.pl/camk/chris/antlrman/antlrman.pdf
i found lt
stands lookahead token
n
th ahead token, n
part in above ?
no, lt
not mean lookahead token
in context. token defined @ end of grammar:
lt : '\n' // line feed. | '\r' // carriage return. | '\u2028' // line separator. | '\u2029' // paragraph separator. ;
the *
means parser tries match 0 or more of these tokens, , !
indicates generated ast should not include these lt
tokens.