vocab question

[Colin J. Williams]

James Stroud wrote:
> 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
+1
> 
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