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Re: [PATCH:doc] GDB/MI attribute names

> From:  Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
> Date:  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:09:12 +0400
> 
> >    @var{variable} names should be specified as a sequence of alphabetic
> >    characters and underscores.
> 
> It seem to me to introduce too many indirection levels. We don't have something
> called 'variable' that also has name, that is also 'specified' by something
> separate.

What do you think about my suggestion?

> Why not:
> 
>      The @var{variable} nonterminal in the above grammar may contain only
>      alphanumeric characters or the underscore character.

I'd prefer not to use ``nonterminal'', as it might not be known to a
reader who didn't study formal grammars and parsers.  We don't use
this terminology anywhere else in the manual.
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