Vadim Zaytsev
aka @
grammarware
GraSs
: A Taxonomy of Grammar Smells (6 in the selected group)
Organisation
global problems
Navigation
problems with navigating through the grammar
Structure
harmful relationships among grammar components
Convention
violations of visual policies
Notation
metalanguage-related
Parsing
parsing techniques related smells
Duplication
the same fragment is repeated
Factoring
improper factoring or distribution
1SidedRecursion
left or right recursive rules
Superset
parser spec is too relaxed
Shotgun
a chunk of input could be parsed in more detail
NoDefault
no error-localising default branch
Action
a code smell in a semantic action
The GraSs taxonomy is a
joint effort
maintained by
Dr. Vadim Zaytsev
a.k.a. @
grammarware
. Page last updated in March 2021.
