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\part{Appendix}
\addchap{Syntax}
\begin{grammar}
<letter> = `A' | `B' | … | `Z' | `a' | `b' | … | `z' | `\_'.
<counting-digit> = `1' | `2' | `3' | `4' | `5' | `6' | `7' | `8' | `9'.
<decimal-digit> = `0' | <counting-digit>.
<hex-digit> = <decimal-digit> | `A' | `B' | … | `F' | `a' | `b' | … | `f'.
<binary-digit> = `0' | `1'.
<hex-character> = `\\x' <hex-digit> <hex-digit>.
<escaped-character> = `\\' \\
(`n' | `a' | `b' | `t' | `f' | `r' | `v' | `\\' | `\textquotesingle' | `\textquotedbl' | `?\@' | `0').
<printable-character> = \enspace? a printable ASCII character\space?.
<character> = <printable-character> | <escaped-character> | <hex-digit>.
<identifier> = <letter> \{<letter> | <decimal-digit>\}.
<identifier-definition> = <identifier> [`*'].
<trait-identifier> = `#' <identifier>.
<integer-literal> = `0' | <counting-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}.
<word-literal> = <integer-literal> `u'
\alt{} `0' (`X' | `x') <hex-digit> \{<hex-digit>\}
\alt{} `0' (`B' | `b') <binary-digit> \{<binary-digit>\}.
<real-literal> = <integer-literal> `.\@' <decimal-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}
\alt{} <integer-literal>\} `e' [`+' | `-'] <decimal-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}.
<string-literal> = `\textquotedbl' \{<character>\} `\textquotedbl'.
<character-literal> = `\textquotesingle' <character> `\textquotesingle'.
<literal> = <integer-literal> | <word-literal> | <real-literal>
\alt{} <string-literal> | <character-literal>
\alt{} `true' | `false' | `nil'.
<trait> = <trait-identifier> `(' [<types>] `)'.
<cast> = `cast' `(' <expression> `:\@' <type> `)'.
<procedure-call> = <designator> `(' [<expressions>] `)'.
<relation-operator> = `=' | `<>' | `<' | `>' | `<=' | `>='.
<multiplication-operator> = `*' | `/' | `\%'.
<addition-operator> = `+' | `-'.
<shift-operator> = `<<' | `>>'.
<unary-operator> = `@' | `~' | `-'.
<selector> = `[' <expression> `]' | `.\@' <identifier> | `^'.
<case> = <expressions> `:\@' <optional-statements>.
<designator> = <reference> <selector> | <identifier>.
<reference> = <literal>
\alt{} <designator>
\alt{} <trait>
\alt{} <cast>
\alt{} <procedure-call>
\alt{} `(' <expression> `)'.
<factor> = <unary-operator> <factor> | <reference>.
<term> = <factor> \{<multiplication-operator> <factor>\}.
<simple-expression> = <term> \{<addition-operator> <term>\}.
<comparand> = <simple-expression> \{<shift-operator> <simple-expression>\}.
<relation> = <comparand> \{<relation-operator> <comparand>\}.
<operand> = <relation> \{`&' <relation>\}.
<expression> = <operand> \{(`or' | `xor') <operand>\}.
<expressions> = <expression> \{`,' <expression>\}.
<identifier-definitions> = <identifier-definition> \{`,' <identifier-definition>\}.
<types> = <type> \{`,' <type>\}.
<required-statements> = <statement> \{`;' <statement>\}.
<optional-statements> = [<required-statements>].
<return-declaration> = [`->' `!\@' | `->' type].
<field> = <identifier> `:\@' <type>.
<array-type> = `[' <expression> `]' <type>.
<pointer-type> = `^' <type>.
<record-type> = `record' [`(' <identifier> `)'] [<field> \{`;' <field>\}] `end'.
<enumeration-type> = `(' <identifier> \{`,' <identifier>\} `)'.
<procedure-type> = `proc' `(' [<types>] `)' <return-declaration>.
<type> = <array-type>
\alt{} <pointer-type>
\alt{} <record-type>
\alt{} <enumeration-type>
\alt{} <procedure-type>
\alt{} <identifier>.
<assignment> = <designator> `:=' <expression>.
<if-statement> = `if' <expression> `then' <optional-statements> \\
\{`elsif' <expression> `then' <optional-statements>\} \\
{[`else' <optional-statements>]} `end'.
<while-statement> = `while' <expression> `do' <optional-statements> \\
\{`elsif' <expression> `do' <optional-statements>\} `end'.
<defer-statement> = `defer' <optional-statements> `end'.
<case-statement> = `case' <expression> `of' <case> \{`|' case\} \\
{[`else' <optional-statements>]} `end'.
<label-declaration> = `.\@' <identifier>.
<goto-statement> = `goto' <identifier>.
<statement> = <assignment> | <procedure-call> | <defer-statement>
| <label-declaration> | <goto-statement> |
| <while-statement> | <if-statement> | <case-statement>.
<statement-part> = [`begin' <required-statements>
\alt{} `return' <expression>
\alt{} `begin' <required-statements> `;' `return' <expression>].
<constant-declaration> = <identifier-definition> `:=' <expression>.
<constant-part> = [`const' \{<constant-declaration> `;'\}].
<variable-declaration> = <identifier-definitions> `:\@' <type> \\
{[`:=' (<expression> | `extern')]}.
<variable-part> = [`var' \{<variable-declaration> `;'\}].
<type-declaration> = <identifier-definition> `=' <type>.
<type-part> = [`type' \{<type-declaration> `;'\}].
<import-declaration> = <identifier> \{`.\@' <identifier>\}.
<import-part> = [`import' \{import-declaration `;'\}].
<procedure-heading> = `proc' <identifier-definition> \\
`(' [<field> \{`,' <field>\}] `)' <return-declaration>.
<block> = <constant-part> <variable-part> <statement-part> `end'.
<procedure-declaration> = <procedure-heading> `;' (block | `extern').
<declaration-sequence> = <import-part> \\
<constant-part> <type-part> <variable-part> \\
\{<procedure-declaration> `;'\}.
<program> = `program' `;' <declaration-sequence> <statement-part> `end' `.\@'
\alt{} `module' `;' <declaration-sequence> `end' `.\@'.
\end{grammar}

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@book{oberon,
author = "Niklaus Wirth",
title = "The Programming Language Oberon",
year = 2016
}

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\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{syntax}
\title{The programming language Elna}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Introduction}
Elna is a simple, imperative, low-level programming language.
It is intendet to accompany other languages in the areas, where a high-level
language doesn't fit well. It is also supposed to be an intermediate
representation for a such high-level hypothetical programming language.
\part{Language} \part{Language}
An Elna program consists of one or more source files, called \textbf{modules}.
Each module can declare \textbf{types}, \textbf{global variables} and
\textbf{procedures}, used by this module or exported to be used by other
modules.
Each procedure can get some input and produce an output as a result of
executing a \textbf{statement block}, a list, where each \textbf{statement}
is executed in the order it appears in the block.
Statement components are other statement blocks and \textbf{expressions},
where a statement has control over the evaluation of its components.
Statements can also modify the state of the procedure or the program by
mutating variables.
Most simple expressions are identifiers referencing program's symbols and
literals. These atomic expressions can be combined to more complex expressions
by applying various operations to one or more expressions.
\chapter{Expressions} \chapter{Expressions}
The expression \verb|@r.field| includes 3 expressions: The expression \verb|@r.field| includes 3 expressions:
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\chapter{Conditional statements} \chapter{Conditional statements}
\chapter{Loop statements} \chapter{Loop statements}
\part{Type system}
\begin{grammar}
<type> = <array-type>
\alt{} <pointer-type>
\alt{} <record-type>
\alt{} <enumeration-type>
\alt{} <procedure-type>
\alt{} <identifier>.
\end{grammar}
\chapter{Primitive types}
\begin{itemize}
\item Pointer
\item Word
\item Int
\item Bool
\item String
\item Char
\end{itemize}
\chapter{Pointer types}
\begin{grammar}
<pointer-type> = `^' <type>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
x: Int;
y: ^Int;
begin
y := @x;
y^ := 0
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Static array}
\begin{grammar}
<array-type> = `[' <expression> `]' <type>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
array: [3]Int := [1, 2, 3];
begin
array[1] := array[2]
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Procedure types}
\begin{grammar}
<procedure-heading> = `proc' <identifier-definition> \\
`(' [<field> \{`,' <field>\}] `)' <return-declaration>.
<block> = <constant-part> <variable-part> <statement-part> `end'.
<procedure-declaration> = <procedure-heading> `;' (block | `extern').
<return-declaration> = [`->' `!\@' | `->' type].
<procedure-type> = `proc' `(' [<types>] `)' <return-declaration>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
a: proc(Int) -> Int;
proc f(x: Int) -> Int;
end;
begin
a := f;
a(0)
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Records}
\begin{grammar}
<field> = <identifier> `:\@' <type>.
<record-type> = `record' [`(' <identifier> `)'] [<field> \{`;' <field>\}] `end'.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
type
T = record
x: Int
end;
U = record(T)
y: Int;
z: Int
end;
var
u: U;
begin
u := U(0, 1, 2);
u.x := 3
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Enumerations}
\begin{grammar}
<enumeration-type> = `(' <identifier> \{`,' <identifier>\} `)'.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
type
E = (one, two, three);
var
e: E;
begin
e := E.one
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Type operations}
\chapter{Cast}
\begin{grammar}
<cast> = `cast' `(' <expression> `:\@' <type> `)'.
\end{grammar}
The type of an object can be reinterpreted with a cast expression: \\
\verb|cast(object: Type)|.
\chapter{Traits}
\begin{grammar}
<trait-identifier> = `#' <identifier>.
<trait> = <trait-identifier> `(' [<types>] `)'.
\end{grammar}
Traits allow to query some information about the types, like their size or
field offset or alignment. Calling a trait looks like a procedure call but
traits names start with a \verb|#| and their arguments are type expressions and
not value expressions.
Supported compiler traits:
\begin{itemize}
\item \verb|#size(T)| queries type size.
\item \verb|#align(T)| queries type alignment.
\item \verb|#offset(T, F)| queries the offset of the field \verb|F| in the record \verb|T|.
\end{itemize}
\part{Appendix}
\chapter{Syntax}
\begin{grammar}
<letter> = `A' | `B' | … | `Z' | `a' | `b' | … | `z' | `\_'.
<counting-digit> = `1' | `2' | `3' | `4' | `5' | `6' | `7' | `8' | `9'.
<decimal-digit> = `0' | <counting-digit>.
<hex-digit> = <decimal-digit> | `A' | `B' | … | `F' | `a' | `b' | … | `f'.
<binary-digit> = `0' | `1'.
<hex-character> = `\\x' <hex-digit> <hex-digit>.
<escaped-character> = `\\' \\
(`n' | `a' | `b' | `t' | `f' | `r' | `v' | `\\' | `\textquotesingle' | `\textquotedbl' | `?\@' | `0').
<printable-character> = \enspace? a printable ASCII character\space?.
<character> = <printable-character> | <escaped-character> | <hex-digit>.
<identifier> = <letter> \{<letter> | <decimal-digit>\}.
<identifier-definition> = <identifier> [`*'].
<trait-identifier> = `#' <identifier>.
<integer-literal> = `0' | <counting-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}.
<word-literal> = <integer-literal> `u'
\alt{} `0' (`X' | `x') <hex-digit> \{<hex-digit>\}
\alt{} `0' (`B' | `b') <binary-digit> \{<binary-digit>\}.
<real-literal> = <integer-literal> `.\@' <decimal-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}
\alt{} <integer-literal>\} `e' [`+' | `-'] <decimal-digit> \{<decimal-digit>\}.
<string-literal> = `\textquotedbl' \{<character>\} `\textquotedbl'.
<character-literal> = `\textquotesingle' <character> `\textquotesingle'.
<literal> = <integer-literal> | <word-literal> | <real-literal>
\alt{} <string-literal> | <character-literal>
\alt{} `true' | `false' | `nil'.
<trait> = <trait-identifier> `(' [<types>] `)'.
<cast> = `cast' `(' <expression> `:\@' <type> `)'.
<procedure-call> = <designator> `(' [<expressions>] `)'.
<relation-operator> = `=' | `<>' | `<' | `>' | `<=' | `>='.
<multiplication-operator> = `*' | `/' | `\%'.
<addition-operator> = `+' | `-'.
<shift-operator> = `<<' | `>>'.
<unary-operator> = `@' | `~' | `-'.
<selector> = `[' <expression> `]' | `.\@' <identifier> | `^'.
<case> = <expressions> `:\@' <optional-statements>.
<designator> = <reference> <selector> | <identifier>.
<reference> = <literal>
\alt{} <designator>
\alt{} <trait>
\alt{} <cast>
\alt{} <procedure-call>
\alt{} `(' <expression> `)'.
<factor> = <unary-operator> <factor> | <reference>.
<term> = <factor> \{<multiplication-operator> <factor>\}.
<simple-expression> = <term> \{<addition-operator> <term>\}.
<comparand> = <simple-expression> \{<shift-operator> <simple-expression>\}.
<relation> = <comparand> \{<relation-operator> <comparand>\}.
<operand> = <relation> \{`&' <relation>\}.
<expression> = <operand> \{(`or' | `xor') <operand>\}.
<expressions> = <expression> \{`,' <expression>\}.
<identifier-definitions> = <identifier-definition> \{`,' <identifier-definition>\}.
<types> = <type> \{`,' <type>\}.
<required-statements> = <statement> \{`;' <statement>\}.
<optional-statements> = [<required-statements>].
<return-declaration> = [`->' `!\@' | `->' type].
<field> = <identifier> `:\@' <type>.
<array-type> = `[' <expression> `]' <type>.
<pointer-type> = `^' <type>.
<record-type> = `record' [`(' <identifier> `)'] [<field> \{`;' <field>\}] `end'.
<enumeration-type> = `(' <identifier> \{`,' <identifier>\} `)'.
<procedure-type> = `proc' `(' [<types>] `)' <return-declaration>.
<type> = <array-type>
\alt{} <pointer-type>
\alt{} <record-type>
\alt{} <enumeration-type>
\alt{} <procedure-type>
\alt{} <identifier>.
<assignment> = <designator> `:=' <expression>.
<if-statement> = `if' <expression> `then' <optional-statements> \\
\{`elsif' <expression> `then' <optional-statements>\} \\
{[`else' <optional-statements>]} `end'.
<while-statement> = `while' <expression> `do' <optional-statements> \\
\{`elsif' <expression> `do' <optional-statements>\} `end'.
<defer-statement> = `defer' <optional-statements> `end'.
<case-statement> = `case' <expression> `of' <case> \{`|' case\} \\
{[`else' <optional-statements>]} `end'.
<label-declaration> = `.\@' <identifier>.
<goto-statement> = `goto' <identifier>.
<statement> = <assignment> | <procedure-call> | <defer-statement>
| <label-declaration> | <goto-statement> |
| <while-statement> | <if-statement> | <case-statement>.
<statement-part> = [`begin' <required-statements>
\alt{} `return' <expression>
\alt{} `begin' <required-statements> `;' `return' <expression>].
<constant-declaration> = <identifier-definition> `:=' <expression>.
<constant-part> = [`const' \{<constant-declaration> `;'\}].
<variable-declaration> = <identifier-definitions> `:\@' <type> \\
{[`:=' (<expression> | `extern')]}.
<variable-part> = [`var' \{<variable-declaration> `;'\}].
<type-declaration> = <identifier-definition> `=' <type>.
<type-part> = [`type' \{<type-declaration> `;'\}].
<import-declaration> = <identifier> \{`.\@' <identifier>\}.
<import-part> = [`import' \{import-declaration `;'\}].
<procedure-heading> = `proc' <identifier-definition> \\
`(' [<field> \{`,' <field>\}] `)' <return-declaration>.
<block> = <constant-part> <variable-part> <statement-part> `end'.
<procedure-declaration> = <procedure-heading> `;' (block | `extern').
<declaration-sequence> = <import-part> \\
<constant-part> <type-part> <variable-part> \\
\{<procedure-declaration> `;'\}.
<program> = `program' `;' <declaration-sequence> <statement-part> `end' `.\@'
\alt{} `module' `;' <declaration-sequence> `end' `.\@'.
\end{grammar}
\end{document}

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\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{syntax}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=verbose-ibid,dashed=false]{biblatex}
% Do not start chapter on a new page.
\RedeclareSectionCommand[
style=section,
indent=0pt
]{chapter}
\bibliography{credits}
\title{The programming language Elna}
\author{Eugen Wissner}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\addchap{Introduction}
Elna is a simple, imperative, low-level programming language.
It is intendet to accompany other languages in the areas, where a high-level
language doesn't fit well. It is also supposed to be an intermediate
representation for a such high-level hypothetical programming language.
\addchap{Credits}
Since Elna syntactically resembles Oberon larger parts of this specification
are derived from the Oberon report\footnote{\cite[]{oberon}}.
\include{language}
\include{type-system}
\include{appendix}
% \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc, title=References]{}
\end{document}

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\part{Type system}
\begin{grammar}
<type> = <array-type>
\alt{} <pointer-type>
\alt{} <record-type>
\alt{} <enumeration-type>
\alt{} <procedure-type>
\alt{} <identifier>.
\end{grammar}
\chapter{Primitive types}
\begin{itemize}
\item Pointer
\item Word
\item Int
\item Bool
\item String
\item Char
\end{itemize}
\chapter{Pointer types}
\begin{grammar}
<pointer-type> = `^' <type>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
x: Int;
y: ^Int;
begin
y := @x;
y^ := 0
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Static array}
\begin{grammar}
<array-type> = `[' <expression> `]' <type>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
array: [3]Int := [1, 2, 3];
begin
array[1] := array[2]
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Procedure types}
\begin{grammar}
<procedure-heading> = `proc' <identifier-definition> \\
`(' [<field> \{`,' <field>\}] `)' <return-declaration>.
<block> = <constant-part> <variable-part> <statement-part> `end'.
<procedure-declaration> = <procedure-heading> `;' (block | `extern').
<return-declaration> = [`->' `!\@' | `->' type].
<procedure-type> = `proc' `(' [<types>] `)' <return-declaration>.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
var
a: proc(Int) -> Int;
proc f(x: Int) -> Int;
end;
begin
a := f;
a(0)
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Records}
\begin{grammar}
<field> = <identifier> `:\@' <type>.
<record-type> = `record' [`(' <identifier> `)'] [<field> \{`;' <field>\}] `end'.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
type
T = record
x: Int
end;
U = record(T)
y: Int;
z: Int
end;
var
u: U;
begin
u := U(0, 1, 2);
u.x := 3
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Enumerations}
\begin{grammar}
<enumeration-type> = `(' <identifier> \{`,' <identifier>\} `)'.
\end{grammar}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Example]
program;
type
E = (one, two, three);
var
e: E;
begin
e := E.one
end.
\end{lstlisting}
\chapter{Type operations}
\chapter{Cast}
\begin{grammar}
<cast> = `cast' `(' <expression> `:\@' <type> `)'.
\end{grammar}
The type of an object can be reinterpreted with a cast expression: \\
\verb|cast(object: Type)|.
\chapter{Traits}
\begin{grammar}
<trait-identifier> = `#' <identifier>.
<trait> = <trait-identifier> `(' [<types>] `)'.
\end{grammar}
Traits allow to query some information about the types, like their size or
field offset or alignment. Calling a trait looks like a procedure call but
traits names start with a \verb|#| and their arguments are type expressions and
not value expressions.
Supported compiler traits:
\begin{itemize}
\item \verb|#size(T)| queries type size.
\item \verb|#align(T)| queries type alignment.
\item \verb|#offset(T, F)| queries the offset of the field \verb|F| in the record \verb|T|.
\end{itemize}

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require 'rake/clean' require 'rake/clean'
CLEAN.include 'build/doc' CLEAN.include 'build/doc'
directory 'build/doc' directory 'build/doc'
rule /build\/doc\/\w+.pdf/ => lambda { |t| rule '.bbl' => '.bcf' do |t|
[ task_target = Pathname.new t.name
Pathname.new(t).relative_path_from('build').sub_ext('.tex').to_path, chdir = 'doc'
'build/doc' output_directory = task_target.dirname.relative_path_from(chdir).to_path
] source = task_target.basename('.bbl').to_path
} do |t|
sh 'pdflatex', '--output-directory', 'build/doc', t.prerequisites.first sh 'biber', '-output-directory', output_directory, source, chdir:
end
namespace :doc do
task :tex do
sh 'pdflatex', '-output-directory', '../build/doc', 'report', chdir: 'doc'
end
end end
desc 'Generate documentation' desc 'Generate documentation'
task doc: 'build/doc/language.pdf' task doc: 'doc:tex' do
Rake::Task['build/doc/report.bbl'].invoke
Rake::Task['doc:tex'].reenable
Rake::Task['doc:tex'].invoke
end