vocab question

[Alan G Isaac]

Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?
(Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Alan G Isaac a écrit :

Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?

A statement. In this case, a 'class' statement.

HTH

[Steven Bethard]

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:

Alan G Isaac a écrit :

>Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?

A statement. In this case, a 'class' statement.

Actually, the class statement includes the suite as well. As far as I
know, there's no official term for the first four elements of a class
statement. I'd probably call it the class statement header.

STeVe

[Alan G Isaac]

Steven Bethard wrote:

As far as I
know, there's no official term for the first four elements of a class
statement. I'd probably call it the class statement header.

That will have to do for now.
Thanks!
Alan Isaac

[James Stroud]

Alan G Isaac wrote:

Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?
(Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

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[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Steven Bethard a écrit :

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:

>Alan G Isaac a écrit :

>>Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?

A statement. In this case, a 'class' statement.

Actually, the class statement includes the suite as well.

Well, technically, yes, but from a practical POV I'd say the "suite" is
the class's body. Hmmm... Well, ok, you're right. Me go to bed.

As far as I
know, there's no official term for the first four elements of a class
statement. I'd probably call it the class statement header.

STeVe

[Steven Bethard]

James Stroud wrote:

Alan G Isaac wrote:

>According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?
(Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)

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That's the best suggestion I've heard so far...

STeVe

[Terry Reedy]

"Alan G Isaac" <ai****@american.eduwrote in message
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| Pardon the vocab question;
| I'm not a computer science type.
| According to the Reference Manual,
| a class defintion has the structure::
|
| classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite
|
| What is the entire part before the suite called?
| (Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
| as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)

I call it the header for the compound statement.
Same with def f(pars):

tjr

[Colin J. Williams]

James Stroud wrote:

Alan G Isaac wrote:

>Pardon the vocab question;
I'm not a computer science type.
According to the Reference Manual,
a class defintion has the structure::

classdef ::= "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite

What is the entire part before the suite called?
(Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

+1

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