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Type Grammar

The following is a brief outline of the grammar used in parsing the type strings.

<type name>:

<type extend>:

`const'

`volatile'

<type extend list>:

<type extend>

<type extend list> <type extend>

<type spec>:

`void'

`char'

`short'

`int'

`int16'

`int32'

`int64'

`long'

`unsigned'

`unsigned16'

`unsigned32'

`unsigned64'

`float'

`float64'

`double'

<type spec>

<struct/union spec>

<full type spec>:

`%%' next in the arg list

`%'<number>type with id <number>

<type spec>

<type extend list> <type spec>

<type spec> <array disc.>

<type extend list> <type spec> <array disc.>

<named full type spec>:

<type name>

<type spec> <type name>

<type extend list> <type spec> <type name>

<type spec> <type name> <array disc.>

<type extend list> <type spec> <type name> <array disc.>

<func call>

<func call>:

<named full type spec> `(' `)'

<named full type spec> `(' <expr list> `)'

<struct/union spec>:

<type name>

struct `{' <decl. list> `}'

union `{' <decl. list> `}'

<decl. list>:

<named full type spec>

<decl. list>`;' <named full type spec>

<array disc.>:

`[' <number> `]'

<array disc.> `[' <number> `]'

<expr list>:

<full type spec>

<named full type spec>

<expr list> `,' <full type spec>

<expr list> `,' <named full type spec>

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