leo/grammar/FORMAT_ABNF_GRAMMER.md

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Background on ABNF
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ABNF is an Internet standard:
for more info please checkout the
[README](./README.md) in this directory.


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Format String
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This ABNF grammar consists of one grammar:
that describes how a Leo string-literal is parsed
for formatting.  Meaning in this context
all characters are already parsed and we don't
have to worry about escapes or etc.

<a name="not-brace"></a>
```abnf
not-brace = %x0-7A / %x7C / %x7E-10FFFF ; anything but { or }
```

<a name="format-string-container"></a>
```abnf
format-string-container = "{}"
```

<a name="format-string-open-brace"></a>
```abnf
format-string-open-brace = "{{"
```

<a name="format-string-close-brace"></a>
```abnf
format-string-close-brace = "}}"
```

<a name="format-string-element"></a>
```abnf
format-string-element = not-brace
                        / format-string-container
                        / format-string-open-brace
                        / format-string-close-brace
		      
format-string = *format-string-element