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lexical-variable-list

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lexical-variable-list railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."use""("Explore production: lexical-variablelexical-variable","Explore production: lexical-variablelexical-variable","")"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
lexical-variable-list =
    "use" , "(" , lexical-variable , { "," , lexical-variable } , [ "," ] , ")" ;

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