>>> Over time, I’ve come to view LR parsing as equivalent to static typing: occasionally annoyingly restrictive, but providing enough static guarantees to be wo

>>> Over time, I’ve come to view LR parsing as equivalent to static typing: occasionally annoyingly restrictive, but providing enough static guarantees to be worth the annoyance for important software. That's also one of the points of using parser tools instead of hand coded descendant parsers. The rule validation is also done by the tool. A lot of pitfalls can be avoided.