[DFDL-WG] Clarification needed: 14.2.2 Parsing Sequence Groups with Separators - Rep(N)

[Mike Beckerle]

I believe this topic is subsumed by the thread: Re: [DFDL-WG]
clarification: on suppressed ZL string/hexBinary - do we keep variable
assignments?

So I withdraw the inquiry.


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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:39 PM, Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In 14.2.2 the phrase:
>
> *     Rep(M)* means M occurrences of nil, empty, normal or absent
> representation. These are optional occurrences so default rules do not
> apply for empty representations.
>
> Begs the question of what happens if the empty representation is not the
> same as absent representation due to initiators and/or terminators being
> required by emptyValueDelimiterPolicy.
>
> If the empty representation is found, what would a Parser do?
>
> These are optional, so defaulting is not applicable.
>
> Treat it as "absent" is one possibility,
> Treat it as "normal" which is likely to result in a parse error, is
> another.
>
>
>
>
> Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology |
> www.tresys.com
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