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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>::= is bnf notation for "is defined
as"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please spend that extra minute googling
before</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you bother all the nice people on this
list.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=din22@earthlink.net href="mailto:din22@earthlink.net">david</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tutor@python.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 10, 2005 6:23
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hello everyone. i was looking at python docs and
i came across this</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>letter ::=
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lowercase | uppercase<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>what does ::= mean?</FONT></DIV>
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