/interpreter/tags/at2dist041108/src/edu/vub/at/objects/grammar/ATUnquote.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * ATUnquote.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 15:13:05
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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28package edu.vub.at.objects.grammar;
29
30/**
31 * The public interface to an unquotation AG element.
32 * 
33 * An unquotation may only appear in a quoted expression
34 * Example: <code>#exp</code>
35 * 
36 * @author tvc
37 */
38public interface ATUnquote extends ATExpression {
39	
40	/**
41	 * Example: <code>`(`(#(m()))).statement.expression == `(m())</code>
42	 * @return the expressions that needs to be unquoted
43	 */
44	public ATExpression base_expression();
45
46}