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<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar"></a><a class="link" href="grammar.html" title="Generator Grammar">Generator
          Grammar</a>
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<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h0"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.description">Description</a>
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<p>
            The grammar encapsulates a set of <a class="link" href="rule.html" title="Generator Rule">rules</a>
            (as well as primitive generators (<a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/primitivegenerator.html" title="PrimitiveGenerator"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">PrimitiveGenerator</span></code></a>) and sub-grammars).
            The grammar is the main mechanism for modularization and composition.
            Grammars can be composed to form more complex grammars.
          </p>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h1"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.header">Header</a>
          </h6>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// forwards to &lt;boost/spirit/home/karma/nonterminal/grammar.hpp&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">include</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">karma_grammar</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<p>
            Also, see <a class="link" href="../../../structure/include.html" title="Include">Include Structure</a>.
          </p>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h2"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.namespace"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.namespace">Namespace</a>
          </h6>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup><col></colgroup>
<thead><tr><th>
                    <p>
                      Name
                    </p>
                  </th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">karma</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">grammar</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h3"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
          </h6>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">OutputIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">A2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">A3</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">grammar</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h4"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.template_parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.template_parameters">Template
            parameters</a>
          </h6>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
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<col>
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</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Parameter
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Description
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Default
                    </p>
                  </th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">OutputIterator</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      The underlying output iterator type that the rule is expected
                      to work on.
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      none
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A1</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A2</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A3</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Either <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Signature</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Delimiter</span></code> or
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Locals</span></code> in any
                      order. See table below.
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      See table below.
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p>
            Here is more information about the template parameters:
          </p>
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                    <p>
                      Parameter
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Description
                    </p>
                  </th>
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                    <p>
                      Default
                    </p>
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<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Signature</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Specifies the grammar's synthesized (return value) and inherited
                      attributes (arguments). More on this here: <a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/nonterminal.html" title="Nonterminal"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Nonterminal</span></code></a>.
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused_type</span></code>.
                      When <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Signature</span></code>
                      defaults to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused_type</span></code>,
                      the effect is the same as specifying a signature of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                      which is also equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused_type</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Delimiter</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Specifies the grammar's delimiter generator. Specify this if
                      you want the grammar to delimit the generated output.
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused_type</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Locals</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Specifies the grammar's local variables. See <a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/nonterminal.html" title="Nonterminal"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Nonterminal</span></code></a>.
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused_type</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h5"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.model_of"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.model_of">Model of</a>
          </h6>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
              <a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/nonterminal.html" title="Nonterminal"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Nonterminal</span></code></a>
            </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">g</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
                  A grammar
                </p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h6"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.expression_semantics"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.expression_semantics">Expression
            Semantics</a>
          </h6>
<p>
            Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or
            is not defined in <a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/nonterminal.html" title="Nonterminal"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Nonterminal</span></code></a>.
          </p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Expression
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Semantics
                    </p>
                  </th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody><tr>
<td>
                    <p>
</p>
<pre xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="table-programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">OutputIterator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">my_grammar</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">grammar</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">OutputIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A3</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">my_grammar</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">my_grammar</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">start</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span>
    <span class="special">{</span>
        <span class="comment">// Rule definitions</span>
        <span class="identifier">start</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="comment">/* ... */</span><span class="special">;</span>
    <span class="special">}</span>

    <span class="identifier">rule</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">OutputIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A3</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">start</span><span class="special">;</span>
    <span class="comment">// more rule declarations...</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
</pre>
<p>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Grammar definition. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">name</span></code>
                      is an optional string that gives the grammar its name, useful
                      for debugging.
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../images/note.png"></td>
<th align="left">Note</th>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
              The template parameters of a grammar and its start rule (the rule passed
              to the grammar's base class constructor) must match, otherwise you
              will see compilation errors.
            </p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h7"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.attributes"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.attributes">Attributes</a>
          </h6>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
              The generator attribute of the grammar is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">RT</span></code>,
              its consumed attribute. See <a class="link" href="../generator_concepts/nonterminal.html#spirit.karma.reference.generator_concepts.nonterminal.attributes"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Attribute</span></code></a>
            </p></blockquote></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h8"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.complexity"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.complexity">Complexity</a>
          </h6>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
              The complexity is defined by the complexity of the its definition.
            </p></blockquote></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.h9"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.example"></a></span><a class="link" href="grammar.html#spirit.karma.reference.nonterminal.grammar.example">Example</a>
          </h6>
<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../images/note.png"></td>
<th align="left">Note</th>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
              The test harness for the example(s) below is presented in the <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.karma.reference.basics.examples">Basics Examples</a>
              section.
            </p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>
            Some using declarations:
          </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ascii</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">space_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ascii</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">space</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int_</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">karma</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">grammar</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">karma</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">rule</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
          </p>
<p>
            Basic grammar usage:
          </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">num_list</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">grammar</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">output_iterator_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">space_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;()&gt;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">num_list</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">start</span><span class="special">)</span>
    <span class="special">{</span>
        <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int_</span><span class="special">;</span>
        <span class="identifier">num</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">int_</span><span class="special">;</span>
        <span class="identifier">start</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">num</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="special">*(</span><span class="char">','</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">);</span>
    <span class="special">}</span>

    <span class="identifier">rule</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">output_iterator_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">space_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;()&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">start</span><span class="special">;</span>
    <span class="identifier">rule</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">output_iterator_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">space_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">()&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
</pre>
<p>
          </p>
<p>
            How to use the example grammar:
          </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">num_list</span> <span class="identifier">nlist</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">456</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">789</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">test_generator_attr_delim</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"123 , 456 , 789"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">nlist</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">space</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
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