BNFGen Files

Generates random text based on context-free grammars defined in BNF

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bnfgen-3.0.0-macos-x86_64.tar.gz	2021-02-21	305.9 kB	0
bnfgen-3.0.0-win64.zip	2021-02-21	893.9 kB	0
bnfgen-3.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	2021-02-20	804.7 kB	0
3.0.0.tar.gz	2021-02-16	11.4 kB	0
3.0.0.zip	2021-02-16	19.6 kB	0
README.md	2021-02-16	837 Bytes	0
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New features

Deterministic repetition syntax: <foo>{1,5} (up to five of <foo>), "bar"{10} (exactly ten of bar).
Tail-recursive implementation, no more depth limit.
[CLI] New debugging option: --dump-stack (displays the current symbol stack at every step).
[CLI] Improved and more details --debug output.
[CLI] New --max-nonproductive-reductions <int> option to limit reductions that don't produce any terminals and prevent useless loops.

Internal modules are also available as an OCaml library now, see src/lib/bnfgen.mli.

Breaking changes

[CLI] The --max-depth option was removed since there's no real "depth" anymore. You can use --max-reductions instead to limit the total number of symbol reductions performed if you want to prevent looping rules and/or infinitely large outputs.

Source: README.md, updated 2021-02-16

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