<refentry id="ebnf.assignment">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ebnf.assignment</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo role="type">rtf</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ebnf.assignment</refname>
<refpurpose>The EBNF production assignment operator</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment id='ebnf.assignment.frag'>
<xsl:param condition="html" name="ebnf.assignment">
<tt>::=</tt>
</xsl:param>
<xsl:param condition="fo" name="ebnf.assignment"
           xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
  <fo:inline font-family="{$monospace.font.family}">
    <xsl:text>::=</xsl:text>
  </fo:inline>
</xsl:param>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>

<para>The <parameter>ebnf.assignment</parameter> parameter determines what
text is used to show <quote>assignment</quote> in <sgmltag>production</sgmltag>s
in <sgmltag>productionset</sgmltag>s.</para>

<para>While <quote><literal>::=</literal></quote> is common, so are several
other operators.</para>

</refsect1>
</refentry>
