From: Hans Fugal <fugalh@...>
Date: 2004-11-07T00:18:40+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] GEDCOM Parser (#6)

Florian Gross wrote:
> Is it valid for CONT/CONC tags to use pointers like in this sample?
> 
>     0 INDI
>     1 NAME Jamis Gordon /
>         2 CONC @SURN@
>         2 CONC /
>     2 @SURN@ SURN Buck
>     2 GIVN Jamis Gordon
>     1 SEX M

Like Jamis said, it wouldn't be a pointer. But more than that, 
technically speaking, it wouldn't be allowed by the grammar either 
because @ that isn't part of a pointer needs to be escaped. There are a 
lot of other rules as well[1], including myriad rules for pointers. 
Again, I think the intention for the quiz is a simplified version that a 
simple regex can grok.

1. http://www.vjet.demon.co.uk/ftree/gedcom_5.5/html/chapter_1.html