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Reword the Lexical Analysis chapter of the docs #135676
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Continuing with #127833, I'd like to reword and restructure the Lexical analysis section of the Reference documentation.
I think I found a style that works: each section will start with the most obvious things, expand toward a complete & precise description, with examples along the way, and end with the formal grammar. (Currently the grammar is usually listed first, and the author of the prose is tempted to assume that the reader has parsed and understood it.)
PRs merged for this before opening this issue:
- gh-127833: Add links to token types to the lexical analysis intro #131468
- gh-127833: lexical analysis: Improve section on Names #131474
- gh-127833: lexical analysis: Add backticks to BOM example #132407
Linked PRs
- gh-135676: lexical analysis: Improve section on Numeric literals #134850
- [3.14] gh-135676: lexical analysis: Improve section on Numeric literals (GH-134850) #135677
- gh-135676: Lexical analysis: Reword String literals and related sections #135942
- [3.14] gh-135676: Lexical analysis: Reword String literals and related sections (GH-135942) #137048
- gh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section #137469
- gh-135676: Reword the Operators & Delimiters section(s) #137713
- gh-135676: Add a summary of source characters #138194
- [3.14] gh-135676: Reword the Operators & Delimiters section(s) (GH-137713) #138457
- [3.14] gh-135676: Add a summary of source characters (GH-138194) #139781
- gh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names #140464
- [3.14] gh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names (GH-140464) #142015
- [3.14] gh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (GH-137469) #142227
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gh-135676: Add a summary of source characters (GH-138194)
pythongh-135676: Add a summary of source characters (pythonGH-138194)
[3.14] gh-135676: Add a summary of source characters (GH-138194) (GH-…
gh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names (GH-140464)
[3.14] pythongh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names (pythonGH-140464)
[3.14] gh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names (GH-140464) (GH-142015)
gh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (GH-137469)
pythongh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (pythonGH…
pythongh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (pythonGH…
[3.14] pythongh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (p…
[3.14] gh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (GH-137469…
pythongh-135676: Simplify docs on lexing names (pythonGH-140464)
pythongh-135676: Reword the f-string (and t-string) section (pythonGH…