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@@ -173,18 +173,25 @@ Pattern Groups
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Syntax::
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- group := '{' ( pat_def | group )+ '}'
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-
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-A *group* begins with a lone open-brace, with all subsequent lines
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-indented two spaces, and ending with a lone close-brace. Groups
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-may be nested, increasing the required indentation of the lines
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-within the nested group to two spaces per nesting level.
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-
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-Unlike ungrouped patterns, grouped patterns are allowed to overlap.
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-Conflicts are resolved by selecting the patterns in order. If all
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-of the fixedbits for a pattern match, its translate function will
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-be called. If the translate function returns false, then subsequent
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-patterns within the group will be matched.
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+ group := overlap_group | no_overlap_group
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+ overlap_group := '{' ( pat_def | group )+ '}'
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+ no_overlap_group := '[' ( pat_def | group )+ ']'
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+
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+A *group* begins with a lone open-brace or open-bracket, with all
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+subsequent lines indented two spaces, and ending with a lone
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+close-brace or close-bracket. Groups may be nested, increasing the
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+required indentation of the lines within the nested group to two
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+spaces per nesting level.
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+
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+Patterns within overlap groups are allowed to overlap. Conflicts are
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+resolved by selecting the patterns in order. If all of the fixedbits
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+for a pattern match, its translate function will be called. If the
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+translate function returns false, then subsequent patterns within the
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+group will be matched.
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+
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+Patterns within no-overlap groups are not allowed to overlap, just
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+the same as ungrouped patterns. Thus no-overlap groups are intended
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+to be nested inside overlap groups.
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The following example from PA-RISC shows specialization of the *or*
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instruction::
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@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ instruction::
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When the *cf* field is zero, the instruction has no side effects,
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and may be specialized. When the *rt* field is zero, the output
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is discarded and so the instruction has no effect. When the *rt2*
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-field is zero, the operation is ``reg[rt] | 0`` and so encodes
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+field is zero, the operation is ``reg[r1] | 0`` and so encodes
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the canonical register copy operation.
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The output from the generator might look like::
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