Re: documentation synopsis grammar

On Friday, May 11, 2018, Peter Korim <pkorim(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hallo
>
> I search for it and did notsucceeded.
> Where is exact definition of the grammar used here?
>
> I thing the text "[,...]" is unclear concerning what is to be repeted.
>

Not that I've found, do you have an example?

>
> here:
> *https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/notation.html
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/notation.html>*
> you state
> *" Dots (...) mean that the preceding element can be repeated. "*
>
> from that definition the fragment "[,...]" means zero or more commas.
>
> It is often so that not one element but several elements are repeated .
>

In which case each one requires a comma separating it from the previous one.

>
> Sometimes from the context, one may find out how it is meant.
>

> In other cases it not so clear.
>

Again, You will need to point out an example. But not all options that
allow multiples require commas to separate them.

>
> Well do you have a definition or third party standard?
>
>
You linked to it above...

David J.