Talk:Linear syntax
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[edit]The article leaves me puzzled.
Assume you have a linear syntax that requires white space at least somewhere in every input, yet never cares which kind of white space is used.
I can change that syntax so the only legal (and required) white space character left is the line feed. All other formerly white space characters become illegal.
Would that make the changed syntax non-linear? I do not think my change influences the ability of parsers to understand that syntax. So: No.
On the other hand, that syntax indeed requires you to use the line feed.