vocab question

[James Stroud]

Alan G Isaac wrote:
> Pardon the vocab question;
> I'm not a computer science type.
> According to the Reference Manual,
> a class defintion has the structure::
> 
>         classdef  ::=  "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite
> 
> What is the entire part before the suite called?
> (Just pointing to a reference is fine & helpful,
> as long as its not an entire course on BNF.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Alan Isaac

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