[Kaffe] ease of use patch.
Maxim Kizub
max at immsp.kiev.ua
Wed Feb 24 06:46:21 PST 1999
Hello.
"java" is not a keyword.
Alex Blewitt wrote:
>
> > It makes the java grammar more complex.
> >
> > It would require extensive use of lexical states to allow keywords in
> > every location where it's unambiguous.
> >
> > In general, language designers make these compromises, which don't harm
> > the programmer much, in order to make compilers easier to write and debug,
> > and faster in operation.
>
> As an add-on to this argument, the Java Language Specification dictates
> that you can't use any keywords (including int, private, while etc.) as
> variable names. So in the hope of having a portable tool, following the
> JLS not only makes the compiler easier to write, but also follows the
> spirit of the specification.
>
> Alex.
>
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