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John:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > Fair enough. But all the parser needs to know is the selmaho, no?
>
> Well, in one sense. But the whole idea of *elidable* terminators is
> that they can be elided because one (a parser or a human being) can
> reconstruct the unique (sequence of) terminators that are missing
> If there is more than one cmavo in an elidable-terminator selma'o, this
> is not possible: does
>
> le broda [] cu brode
>
> mean
>
> le broda ku cu brode
>
> or
>
> le broda goi'a cu brode
Which rule does the parser apply?
A. Where KU is found, insert {ku}.
B. Where KU is found, insert any member of KU.
If A, then there is no problem in having other cmavo in KU.
If B, then there is a problem, but why would B be preferable to A?
--And.