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[FEATURE] Consolidate Concrete Syntax #81

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rindPHI opened this issue Jul 11, 2023 · 0 comments
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[FEATURE] Consolidate Concrete Syntax #81

rindPHI opened this issue Jul 11, 2023 · 0 comments
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rindPHI commented Jul 11, 2023

Many problems in ISLa's frontend parser (e.g., #3, #72) originate in the mixture of S-expressions and "mathematical" syntax in ISLa's concrete syntax. Supporting both correctly is difficult; the necessity of such a "hybrid" syntax is questionable.

Thus, we should remove S-expressions from ISLa's main syntax. To make it easier to integrate ISLa in automatic toolchains, we should, however, support another concrete syntax exclusively using S-expressions.

Additionally, we should consider/discuss stacking these syntaxes. The S-expression syntax would become the bottom layer, directly parsed into ISLa's language data types; the "mathematical" syntax would translate to S-expressions.

@rindPHI rindPHI added this to the ISLa 2.0 milestone Jul 11, 2023
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