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The C language in a nutshell. Any questions?
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element = declaration | "typedef", declaration | implementation | |
declaration = pending type, finisher, { ",", finisher }, ";" | |
implementation = pending type, finisher, "(", param list, ")", scope | |
pending type = primitive | structure | enumeration | defined type | |
finisher = ["*", finisher | "(", finisher, ")", "(", param list, ")" | identifier] | |
param list = ["void" | parameter, { ",", parameter }] | |
parameter = pending type, finisher | |
primitive = integer | floating | |
integer = | |
"long", integer | "short", integer | "unsigned", integer | "signed", integer | | |
"int" | "long" | "short" | "char" | |
floating = "float" | "double" | "long", "double" | |
structure = "struct", identifier | "struct", [identifier], "{", { field }, "}" | |
field = pending type, finisher, ";" | |
enumeration = "enum", identifier | "enum", [identifier], "{", { enumerator, "," }, [ enumerator ], "}" | |
enumerator = identifier, [ "=", expression ] | |
statement = | |
";" | | |
expression, ";" | | |
"do", statement, "while", "(", expression, ")", ";", | | |
"while", "(", expression, ")", statement | | |
"if", "(", expression, ")", statement, ["else", statement] | | |
"for", "(", expression, ";", expression, ";" expression, ")", statement | | |
"return", expression, ";" | | |
"return", ";" | | |
"break", ";" | | |
"continue", ";" | | |
scope | |
scope = "{", {declaration}, {statement}, "}" | |
expression = | |
literal | | |
identifier | | |
expression, ".", identifier | | |
expression, "->", identifier | | |
expression, "(", [expression, {",", expression}], ")" | | |
expression, operator, expression | | |
"(", expression, ")" | | |
"*", expression | | |
"&", expression | |
identifier = ('aA'..'zZ' | '_'), {'aA'..'zZ'|'_'|'0'..'9'} | |
literal = | |
"\"", { char }, "\"" | | |
"0", octchar, {octchar} | | |
"0x", hexchar, {hexchar} | | |
decchar, {decchar} | | |
"'", char, "'" | |
octchar = '0'..'7' | |
hexchar = '0'..'9' | 'aA'..'fF' | |
decchar = '0'..'9' |
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