/* $ eyapp -C dummytoken.eyp $ ./dummytoken.pm -t -i --dot t.png -m 1 -c 'if e then if e then o else o' IFTHEN( TERMINAL[e], IFTHENELSE( TERMINAL[e], TERMINAL[o], TERMINAL[o] ) ) Also have a look at the t.png output file The following execution gives an error: $ ./dummytoken.pm -c 'TUTU' */ %syntactic token IF = /(?i:if)/ %syntactic token ELSE = /(?i:else)/ %syntactic token THEN = /(?i:then)/ %token EXPR = /(?i:(e))/ %token OTHERSTMT = /(?i:(o))/ # A dummy token is never generated by the lexical analyzer %dummy token TUTU %left TUTU %left ELSE %tree bypass %% stmt: %name IFTHEN IF expr THEN stmt %prec TUTU | %name IFTHENELSE IF expr THEN stmt ELSE stmt | OTHERSTMT | TUTU # will be rejected. The input 'TUTU' produces an error, since the token isn't generated ; expr: EXPR ; %%