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0000736 [1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1] Shell and Utilities Comment Enhancement Request 2013-08-17 09:59 2019-06-10 08:55
Reporter salikhmetov View Status public  
Assigned To
Priority normal Resolution Accepted As Marked  
Status Closed  
Name Anton Salikhmetov
Organization EuroMake Initiative
User Reference
Section XCU 2.10.2
Page Number 2350
Line Number 74801-74808
Interp Status Approved
Final Accepted Text See Note: 0001773.
Summary 0000736: grammatically accept zero or more Shell commands
Description An empty Shell program and a program consisting of two or more commands separated with NEWLINE tokens are valid Shell scripts. However, Shell Grammar Rules only accept exactly one single command. That results in a syntax error against both an empty input and two or more commands separated with NEWLINE tokens.
Desired Action On page 2350, lines 74801-74808, change

%start complete_command
%%
complete_command : list separator
                 | list
                 ;
list : list separator_op and_or
                 | and_or
                 ;

to

%start script
%%
script : linebreak
                 | compound_list
                 ;
Tags tc2-2008
Attached Files

- Relationships
related to 0000718Closed 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 sh -i -c '...' should not read its input from terminal 
related to 0000648Closedajosey 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 Special treatment of <newline> in tokenization rules is unnecessary 
related to 0000953Appliedajosey 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 Alias expansion is under-specified 

-  Notes
(0001729)
salikhmetov (reporter)
2013-08-18 10:15
edited on: 2013-08-30 11:29

A complete_command non-terminal needs to be distinguished grammatically from a compound_list non-terminal. Indeed, compound_list is to be saved for later execution, while complete_command is executed immediately. The suggested desired action requires the following correction.

Below, the separator non-terminal is replaced with separator_op in order to avoid shift/reduce conflicts due to the trailing newline_list non-terminals embedded in the definition of the separator and linebreak non-terminals:

linebreak : newline_list
                 | /* empty */
                 ;
separator_op : '&'
                 | ';'
                 ;
separator : separator_op linebreak
                 | newline_list
                 ;

On page 2350, lines 74801-74808, change

%start complete_command
%%
complete_command : list separator
                 | list
                 ;

to

%start script
%%
script : linebreak commands linebreak
                 | linebreak
                 ;
commands : commands newline_list complete_command
                 | complete_command
                 ;
complete_command : list separator_op
                 | list
                 ;

(0001773)
Don Cragun (manager)
2013-08-29 16:20
edited on: 2013-08-30 11:15

Interpretation response
------------------------
The standard is unclear on this issue, and no conformance distinction can be made between alternative implementations based on this. This is being referred to the sponsor.

Rationale:
-------------
The following changes make the grammar and text reflect existing practice.

Notes to the Editor (not part of this interpretation):
-------------------------------------------------------
On page 2350, lines 74801-74808, change
%start  complete_command
%%
complete_command : list separator
                 | list
                 ;

to:
%start program
%%
program          : linebreak complete_commands linebreak
                 | linebreak
                 ;
complete_commands: complete_commands newline_list complete_command
                 |                                complete_command
                 ;
complete_command : list separator_op
                 | list
                 ;


Cross-volume change to XRAT...
At page 3700 line 126612 section C.2.10 delete:

The start symbol of the grammar (complete_command) represents either input from the
command line or a shell script. It is repeatedly applied by the interpreter to its input and
represents a single ‘‘chunk’’ of that input as seen by the interpreter.


(0001800)
ajosey (manager)
2013-09-06 04:52

Interpretation Proposed 6 Sep 2013
(0001900)
ajosey (manager)
2013-10-14 13:09

Interpretation approved 14 October 2013

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov New Issue
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov Name => Anton Salikhmetov
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov Organization => EuroMake Initiative
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov Section => XCU 2.10.2
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov Page Number => 2350
2013-08-17 09:59 salikhmetov Line Number => 74801-74808
2013-08-17 10:02 salikhmetov Issue Monitored: salikhmetov
2013-08-18 10:15 salikhmetov Note Added: 0001729
2013-08-22 16:08 nick Relationship added related to 0000718
2013-08-24 06:52 salikhmetov Note Edited: 0001729
2013-08-29 16:20 Don Cragun Note Added: 0001773
2013-08-29 16:21 nick Relationship added related to 0000648
2013-08-29 16:22 Don Cragun Interp Status => Pending
2013-08-29 16:22 Don Cragun Final Accepted Text => See Note: 0001773.
2013-08-29 16:22 Don Cragun Status New => Interpretation Required
2013-08-29 16:22 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted As Marked
2013-08-29 16:22 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2013-08-30 11:15 salikhmetov Note Edited: 0001773
2013-08-30 11:29 salikhmetov Note Edited: 0001729
2013-09-06 04:52 ajosey Interp Status Pending => Proposed
2013-09-06 04:52 ajosey Note Added: 0001800
2013-10-14 13:09 ajosey Interp Status Proposed => Approved
2013-10-14 13:09 ajosey Note Added: 0001900
2016-04-14 20:18 rhansen Relationship added related to 0000953
2019-06-10 08:55 agadmin Status Interpretation Required => Closed


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