Oberon Report Update 2016-05-03

[augustk]

1. The real number scale factor "D" is deleted in the grammar in the appendix. Now it's consistent with the syntax in section 3 where only "E" is valid.

2. There is no semicolon after a module identifier. (Currently the grammar in the appendix is not updated).

https://www.astrobe.com/wirth/Oberon07. ... 160503.pdf

[augustk]

As of 2016-05-08 the semicolon after the import list has also been dropped.

[cfbsoftware]

My conclusion is that the EBNF in the Appendix is correct. The wrong semicolon was originally removed in Section 11 and has not been restored yet - otherwise the example in Section 11 would be incorrect.

[cfbsoftware]

The corrected version which has restored the semicolon after the module ident in Section 11 can now be downloaded from:

http://www.astrobe.com/Oberon.Report.pdf

[augustk]

My conclusion is that the EBNF in the Appendix is correct. The wrong semicolon was originally removed in Section 11 and has not been restored yet - otherwise the example in Section 11 would be incorrect.

Yes, you are correct. I never noticed the previous error with the extra semicolon in section 11. Now the report is correct, however. It would have been a bit drastic of Wirth to drop the semicolon requirement in the syntax.