syntactic predicates - Upgrading from Antlr 3 to Antlr 4

Question

I have syntactic predicated that I have to convert into the Antlr 4. The grammar is not written my me so I have no idea how to convert them in a meaningful way. These are th

Answer 1

Syntactic predicates were only used to work around a prediction weakness in ANTLR 3 that is not present in ANTLR 4. You can simply remove them during your transition to ANTLR 4.

Edit:

A syntactic predicate in ANTLR 3 had the following form:

(stuff) =>

Wherever you see that form in your grammar, just remove it. Here's what your second example looks like with the predicates removed.

    NUMBER
    :(
      '0'..'9' ('.' '0'..'9'+)?
    | '.' '0'..'9'+
    )
    (
        E
        (
              M     { $type = EMS;          }
            | X     { $type = EXS;          }
        )
    |   P
        (
              X     
            | T
            | C
        )
                    { $type = LENGTH;       }   
    |   C M         { $type = LENGTH;       }
    |   M
        (
              M     { $type = LENGTH;       }

            | S     { $type = TIME;         }
        )
    |   I N         { $type = LENGTH;       }

    |   D E G       { $type = ANGLE;        }
    |   R A D       { $type = ANGLE;        }

    |   S        { $type = TIME;         }

    |   K? H    Z   { $type = FREQ;         }

    | IDENT         { $type = DIMENSION;    }

    | '%'           { $type = PERCENTAGE;   }

    | // Just a number
)
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