8.3 The `Defaults' file

The Defaults file consists of statements. Each statement is on a separate line. A statement may be split over several lines by preceeding the newline with a backslash (\). The exclamation mark (!) is the line-comment character. All input from the ! upto the following newline is replaced by a single space-character. Empty lines or lines containing only blank space are ignored.

Default files may include other default files using the statement

#include <file>

Default statements are of the form:

<class>.<class-variable>: <value>

Where <class> denotes the name of the class, or * to indicate the default applies for any class defining this class-variable. If both forms are found, the statement with the explicit class-name is used. <class-variable> denotes the class-variable name. <value> is the default value of the class-variable. The syntax for <value> is similar to the arguments of send/[2-12]. The (informal) syntax for <value> is below.

<Any>	::=	<int>
	|	<float>
	|	<Name>
	|	@<Name>
	|	<Chain>
	|	<Object>
<Chain>	::=	[ <Any> {, <Any>} ]
	|	[ <Blank> ]
<Object>	::=	<ClassName>()
	|	<ClassName>( <Any> {, <Any>} )
	|	<PrefixOp> <Any>
	|	<Any> <InfixOp> <Any>
	|	<Any> <PostfixOp>
	|	" <String> "
<String>	::=	{<CharNotDoubleQuote>|""}
<Name>	::=	<Letter>{<Letter>|<Digit>}
	|	' {<CharNotSingleQuote>|''} '