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doc/langref.html.in
@@ -10447,13 +10447,40 @@ fn readU32Be() u32 {}
{#header_close#}
{#header_open|Source Encoding#}
<p>Zig source code is encoded in UTF-8. An invalid UTF-8 byte sequence results in a compile error.</p>
- <p>Throughout all zig source code (including in comments), some codepoints are never allowed:</p>
+ <p>Throughout all zig source code (including in comments), some code points are never allowed:</p>
<ul>
- <li>Ascii control characters, except for U+000a (LF): U+0000 - U+0009, U+000b - U+0001f, U+007f. (Note that Windows line endings (CRLF) are not allowed, and hard tabs are not allowed.)</li>
+ <li>Ascii control characters, except for U+000a (LF), U+000d (CR), and U+0009 (HT): U+0000 - U+0008, U+000b - U+000c, U+000e - U+0001f, U+007f.</li>
<li>Non-Ascii Unicode line endings: U+0085 (NEL), U+2028 (LS), U+2029 (PS).</li>
</ul>
- <p>The codepoint U+000a (LF) (which is encoded as the single-byte value 0x0a) is the line terminator character. This character always terminates a line of zig source code (except possibly the last line of the file).</p>
- <p>For some discussion on the rationale behind these design decisions, see <a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/663">issue #663</a></p>
+ <p>
+ LF (byte value 0x0a, code point U+000a, {#syntax#}'\n'{#endsyntax#}) is the line terminator in Zig source code.
+ This byte value terminates every line of zig source code except the last line of the file.
+ It is recommended that non-empty source files end with an empty line, which means the last byte would be 0x0a (LF).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Each LF may be immediately preceded by a single CR (byte value 0x0d, code point U+000d, {#syntax#}'\r'{#endsyntax#})
+ to form a Windows style line ending, but this is discouraged.
+ A CR in any other context is not allowed.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ HT hard tabs (byte value 0x09, code point U+0009, {#syntax#}'\t'{#endsyntax#}) are interchangeable with
+ SP spaces (byte value 0x20, code point U+0020, {#syntax#}' '{#endsyntax#}) as a token separator,
+ but use of hard tabs is discouraged. See {#link|Grammar#}.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that running <code>zig fmt</code> on a source file will implement all recommendations mentioned here.
+ Note also that the stage1 compiler does <a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ#why-does-zig-force-me-to-use-spaces-instead-of-tabs">not yet support CR or HT</a> control characters.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that a tool reading Zig source code can make assumptions if the source code is assumed to be correct Zig code.
+ For example, when identifying the ends of lines, a tool can use a naive search such as <code>/\n/</code>,
+ or an <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd409797.aspx">advanced</a>
+ search such as <code>/\r\n?|[\n\u0085\u2028\u2029]/</code>, and in either case line endings will be correctly identified.
+ For another example, when identifying the whitespace before the first token on a line,
+ a tool can either use a naive search such as <code>/[ \t]/</code>,
+ or an <a href="https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-characterclassescape">advanced</a> search such as <code>/\s/</code>,
+ and in either case whitespace will be correctly identified.
+ </p>
{#header_close#}
{#header_open|Keyword Reference#}
@@ -11373,6 +11400,7 @@ ExprList <- (Expr COMMA)* Expr?
# *** Tokens ***
eof <- !.
+eol <- ('\r'? '\n') | eof
hex <- [0-9a-fA-F]
hex_ <- ('_'/hex)
dec <- [0-9]
@@ -11382,39 +11410,39 @@ dec_int <- dec (dec_* dec)?
hex_int <- hex (hex_* dec)?
char_escape
- <- "\\x" hex hex
- / "\\u{" hex+ "}"
- / "\\" [nr\\t'"]
+ <- '\\x' hex hex
+ / '\\u{' hex+ '}'
+ / '\\' [nr\\t'"]
char_char
<- char_escape
- / [^\\'\n]
+ / [^\\'\r\n]
string_char
<- char_escape
- / [^\\"\n]
+ / [^\\"\r\n]
-line_comment <- '//'[^\n]*
-line_string <- ("\\\\" [^\n]* [ \n]*)+
-skip <- ([ \n] / line_comment)*
+line_comment <- '//'[^\r\n]* eol
+line_string <- ('\\\\' [^\r\n]* eol skip)+
+skip <- ([ \t] / eol / line_comment)*
CHAR_LITERAL <- "'" char_char "'" skip
FLOAT
- <- "0x" hex_* hex "." hex_int ([pP] [-+]? hex_int)? skip
- / dec_int "." dec_int ([eE] [-+]? dec_int)? skip
- / "0x" hex_* hex "."? [pP] [-+]? hex_int skip
- / dec_int "."? [eE] [-+]? dec_int skip
+ <- '0x' hex_* hex '.' hex_int ([pP] [-+]? hex_int)? skip
+ / dec_int '.' dec_int ([eE] [-+]? dec_int)? skip
+ / '0x' hex_* hex '.'? [pP] [-+]? hex_int skip
+ / dec_int '.'? [eE] [-+]? dec_int skip
INTEGER
- <- "0b" [_01]* [01] skip
- / "0o" [_0-7]* [0-7] skip
- / "0x" hex_* hex skip
+ <- '0b' [_01]* [01] skip
+ / '0o' [_0-7]* [0-7] skip
+ / '0x' hex_* hex skip
/ dec_int skip
-STRINGLITERALSINGLE <- "\"" string_char* "\"" skip
+STRINGLITERALSINGLE <- '"' string_char* '"' skip
STRINGLITERAL
<- STRINGLITERALSINGLE
- / line_string skip
+ / line_string skip
IDENTIFIER
<- !keyword [A-Za-z_] [A-Za-z0-9_]* skip
- / "@\"" string_char* "\"" skip
-BUILTINIDENTIFIER <- "@"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]* skip
+ / '@"' string_char* '"' skip
+BUILTINIDENTIFIER <- '@'[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]* skip
AMPERSAND <- '&' ![=] skip