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---+ Language Change Specification for Optional Semicolons and Commas

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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="table1" rules="all"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"> *LCS Number:* </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">LCS-2016-071</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> *Version:* </td> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"> *Date:* </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">2-Nov-2016</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> *Status:* </td> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"> *Author:* </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">Rob Gaddi</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top">*Email:*</td> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"> *Source Doc:* </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"> OptionalSemicolon </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top"> [[OptionalSemicolon][ *Summary:* ]]</td> <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top">Allow for extra semicolons/commas at the end of lists</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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---++++ Section 6.5.6.1 Interface list
---+++++ Top page 78

<pre>interface_list ::=
    interface_element { ; interface_element } <font color="red">[ ; ]</font> </pre>

---++++ Section 5.2.2.1 Enumeration types
---+++++ Middle page 37

<pre>enumeration_type_definition ::=
    ( enumeration_literal { , enumeration_literal } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )</pre>

---++++ Section 5.3.2.1 Array types
---+++++ Bottom page 44

<pre>unbounded_array_definition ::=
    array ( index_subtype_definition { , index_subtype_definition } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )
        of element_subtype_indication</pre>

---+++++ Top page 45

<pre>index_constraint ::= ( discrete_range { , discrete_range } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )</pre>

---++++ Section 5.3.3 Record types
---+++++ Bottom page 51

<pre>record_constraint ::=
( record_element_constraint { , record_element_constraint } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )</pre>

---++++ Section 6.5.7.1 Association Lists
---+++++ Top page 81

<pre>association_list ::=
    association_element { , association_element } <font color="red">[ , ]</font></pre>

---++++ Section 6.9 Group template declarations
---+++++ Middle page 93

<pre>entity_class_entry_list ::=
    entity_class_entry { , entity_class_entry } <font color="red">[ , ]</font></pre>

---++++ Section 8.4 Indexed names
---+++++ Bottom page 111

<pre>indexed_name ::= prefix ( expression { , expression } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )</pre>

---++++ Section 9.3.3.1 Aggregates
---+++++ Bottom page 132

<pre>aggregate ::=
    ( element_association { , element_association } <font color="red">[ , ]</font> )</pre>

 -- Main.RobGaddi - 2016-11-03
---++ Comments

The proposal is about having optional semicolons.  Why is the LCS written to define optional commas?

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Topic revision: r5 - 2020-02-17 - 15:34:42 - JimLewis
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