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# RON grammar
This file describes the structure of a RON file in [EBNF notation][ebnf].
If extensions are enabled, some rules will be replaced. For that, see the
[extensions document][exts] which describes all extensions and what they override.
[ebnf]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_BackusNaur_form
[exts]: ./extensions.md
## RON file
```ebnf
RON = [extensions], ws, value, ws;
```
## Whitespace and comments
```ebnf
ws = { ws_single, comment };
ws_single = "\n" | "\t" | "\r" | " ";
comment = ["//", { no_newline }, "\n"];
```
## Commas
```ebnf
comma = ws, ",", ws;
```
## Extensions
```ebnf
extensions = { "#", ws, "!", ws, "[", ws, extensions_inner, ws, "]", ws };
extensions_inner = "enable", ws, "(", extension_name, { comma, extension_name }, [comma], ws, ")";
```
For the extension names see the [`extensions.md`][exts] document.
## Value
```ebnf
value = unsigned | signed | float | string | char | bool | option | list | map | tuple | struct | enum_variant;
```
## Numbers
```ebnf
digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9";
unsigned = ["0", ("x" | "b" | "o")], digit, { digit | '_' };
signed = ["+" | "-"], unsigned;
float = float_std | float_frac;
float_std = ["+" | "-"], digit, { digit }, ".", {digit}, [float_exp];
float_frac = ".", digit, {digit}, [float_exp];
float_exp = ("e" | "E"), digit, {digit};
```
## String
```ebnf
string = string_std | string_raw;
string_std = "\"", { no_double_quotation_marks | string_escape }, "\"";
string_escape = "\\", ("\"" | "\\" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | ("u", unicode_hex));
string_raw = "r" string_raw_content;
string_raw_content = ("#", string_raw_content, "#") | "\"", { unicode_non_greedy }, "\"";
```
> Note: Raw strings start with an `r`, followed by n `#`s and a quotation mark
`"`. They may contain any characters or escapes (except the end sequence).
A raw string ends with a quotation mark (`"`), followed by n `#`s. n may be
any number, including zero.
Example:
```rust
r##"This is a "raw string". It can contain quotations or
backslashes (\)!"##
```
Raw strings cannot be written in EBNF, as they are context-sensitive.
Also see [the Rust document] about context-sensitivity of raw strings.
[the Rust document]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/d046ffddc4bd50e04ffc3ff9f766e2ac71f74d50/src/grammar/raw-string-literal-ambiguity.md
## Char
```ebnf
char = "'", (no_apostrophe | "\\\\" | "\\'"), "'";
```
## Boolean
```ebnf
bool = "true" | "false";
```
## Optional
```ebnf
option = "Some", ws, "(", ws, value, ws, ")";
```
## List
```ebnf
list = "[", [value, { comma, value }, [comma]], "]";
```
## Map
```ebnf
map = "{", [map_entry, { comma, map_entry }, [comma]], "}";
map_entry = value, ws, ":", ws, value;
```
## Tuple
```ebnf
tuple = "(", [value, { comma, value }, [comma]], ")";
```
## Struct
```ebnf
struct = unit_struct | tuple_struct | named_struct;
unit_struct = ident | "()";
tuple_struct = [ident], ws, tuple;
named_struct = [ident], ws, "(", [named_field, { comma, named_field }, [comma]], ")";
named_field = ident, ws, ":", value;
```
## Enum
```ebnf
enum_variant = enum_variant_unit | enum_variant_tuple | enum_variant_named;
enum_variant_unit = ident;
enum_variant_tuple = ident, ws, tuple;
enum_variant_named = ident, ws, "(", [named_field, { comma, named_field }, [comma]], ")";
```