A Handy Debugging Tip If You're Using Python

You want to run until a certain condition is satisfied - because, once you get to an advanced level and you're analyzing the 'class' rule, you're up against subtle fails..

python -m pdb SynAnal Square/SquareTokens.xml

> break 115 , rule == 'paramList'

> c

Now, you get straight to the action. Nice?

Check out some Python performance tips here : https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed

Jack Grammar - Only Rules Support * and ? - Not Primitives

After coding, I had to use Excel to see this - rather than comb through my text. The power of visualization..

Part of it is doing a rule using a formula : (in the box, type)

=AND( ISNUMBER(B2), B2 > 1 )

class	1	1	1	3	3	1
class	keyword	identifier	symbol	rule	rule	symbol
classVarDec	1	1	1	3	1
classVarDec	keyword	rule	identifier	rule	symbol
addlVarDec	1	1
addlVarDec	symbol	identifier
type	1
type	keyword||identifier
subroutineDec	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
subroutineDec	keyword	keyword||rule	identifier	symbol	rule	symbol	rule
parameterList	2
parameterList	rule
params	1	3
params	rule	rule
param	1	1
param	rule	identifier
addlParam	1	1
addlParam	symbol	identifier
subroutineBody	1	3	1	1
subroutineBody	symbol	rule	rule	symbol
varDec	1	1	1	3	1
varDec	keyword	rule	identifier	rule	symbol
statements	3
statements	rule
statement	1
statement	rule
letStatement	1	1	2	1	1	1
letStatement	keyword	identifier	rule	symbol	rule	symbol
index	1	1	1
index	symbol	rule	symbol
ifStatement	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
ifStatement	keyword	symbol	rule	symbol	symbol	rule	symbol	rule
elseBlock	1	1	1	1
elseBlock	keyword	symbol	rule	symbol
whileStatement	1	expression	)	1	1	1
whileStatement	keyword	symbol	rule	symbol	symbol	rule	symbol
doStatement	1	1	1
doStatement	keyword	rule	symbol
returnStatement	1	2	1
returnStatement	keyword	rule	symbol
expression	1	3
expression	rule	rule
subExp	1	1
subExp	symbol	rule
term	1
term	rule
constant	1
constant	integerConstant||stringConstant
arrayElem	1	1	1	1
arrayElem	rule	symbol	rule	symbol
paranthExp	1	1
paranthExp	symbol	rule	symbol
unOpTerm	1	1
unOpTerm	symbol	rule
subroutineCall	1
subroutineCall	rule
simpleCall	1	1	1	1
simpleCall	identifier	symbol	rule	symbol
classMethCall	1	1	1	1	1	1
classMethCall	identifier	symbol	identifier	symbol	rule	symbol
expressionList	2
expressionList	rule
expressions	1	3
expressions	rule	rule
addlExpr	1	1
addlExpr	symbol	rule
keywordConstant	true|false|null|this
keywordConstant	keyword