sl33k_ wrote:
How to read syntax like this given in the documentation of python?
(Newbie)
defparameter ::= parameter ["=" expression]
http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#function-definitions
Just in case you're about to learn python using these defintions:
Nobody's learning a syntax that way.
They are not meant to be understood by newcommers. They are accurate,
non amiguous, exhaustive definition of the syntax. Some people familiar
with working on grammars may effectively use it, but the majority of the
people will prefer a fine explanation with examples (provided right
after the grammar defintions).
Unless you really need to work on some python parsing stuff, you can
just ignore them.
JM
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