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On 6/2/06, Rene Hangstrup Møller <rhm@giddyplanet.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am toying around with Parrot and the compiler tools. The documenation > of Perl 6 grammars that I have been able to find only describe rule. But > the grammars in Parrot 0.4.4 for punie and APL use rule, token and regex > elements. > > Can someone please clarify the difference between these three types, and > when you should use one or the other? > i'm forwarding this to p6l, as it's a language question and probably best asked there. that said, the regex/token/rule change is a recent one, and is documented in S05 (http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S05.html) in particular, see the "Regexes really are regexes now" section, which describes the differences. also, there are some recent threads on p6l with regard to this topic, which you may find enlightening. you can find these via google groups, or some other nntp archive. ~jerryThread Next