[m-rev.] Extend recognition of field access syntax

[Fergus Henderson]

On 18-Dec-2002, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Peter Moulder, Wednesday, 18 December 2002:
> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:30:40PM +1100, Ralph Becket wrote:
> > 
> > >  @example
> > > -:- func increment_field3(type1) = type1.
> > > +:- func type1 ~ increment_field3 = type1.
> >                 ^^^
> > Presumably a typo.  (`~' doesn't occur elsewhere in the patch, and isn't
> > mentioned in reference_manual.texi other than as a unary operator.)
> 
> Fixed.
> 
> > > +++ hard_coded/field_syntax.m
> > > ...
> > > 	io.format(...)
> > 
> > I'm guessing this is fine, but just in case, I'll mention that nothing
> > in the head brach that I can see uses `.' syntax yet, and using `.'
> > hinders bootstrapping.  Just thought I'd mention it.
> 
> Er, the main branch already understands `.' as a module separator (I put
> that change in last week.)  How would this affect bootstrapping?  The
> version of the test suite you use should be matched against the version
> of the compiler you are running.

That should be fine.  In fact, ideally the change which added `.'
should have added a test case for it too.  But it should be fine
to include `.' as module qualifier in this test case.

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