[lex] Better specify whitespace characters

This commit defines a grammar term for _whitespace-character_ and
uses it consistently where the plain text term whitespace character
is used.  A whitespace character is defined as one of the five
characters that are mentioned in the text closest to provifing a
defifinition.  The unicode character name is (mostly) consistently
used to name these characters, and for consistency, similar changes
were made to name unicode characters rather than render specified
characters in code font throughout [lex].  The one exception is
backslash, which is retained as-is to avoid making more issues for
P2348.  Note that this commit is not a replacement for P2348,
merely a clearer statement of the existing specification without
any normative changes.

Author: AlisdairM

source/lex.tex

@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@
 \indextext{line splicing}%
 If the first translation character is \unicode{feff}{byte order mark},
 it is deleted.
-Each sequence of a backslash character (\textbackslash)
+Each sequence of a backslash character (\unicode{005c}{reverse solidus})
 immediately followed by
-zero or more whitespace characters other than new-line followed by
+zero or more \grammarterm{whitespace-character}s other than new-line followed by
 a new-line character is deleted, splicing
 physical source lines to form \defnx{logical source lines}{source line!logical}. Only the last
 backslash on any physical source line shall be eligible for being part
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 to the file.
 
 \item The source file is decomposed into preprocessing
-tokens\iref{lex.pptoken} and sequences of whitespace characters
+tokens\iref{lex.pptoken} and sequences of \grammarterm{whitespace-character}s
 (including comments). A source file shall not end in a partial
 preprocessing token or in a partial comment.
 \begin{footnote}
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@
 would arise from a source file ending with an unclosed \tcode{/*}
 comment.
 \end{footnote}
-Each comment\iref{lex.comment} is replaced by one space character. New-line characters are
-retained. Whether each nonempty sequence of whitespace characters other
-than new-line is retained or replaced by one space character is
+Each comment\iref{lex.comment} is replaced by one \unicode{0020}{space} character. New-line characters are
+retained. Whether each nonempty sequence of \grammarterm{whitespace-character}s other
+than new-line is retained or replaced by one \unicode{0020}{space} character is
 unspecified.
 As characters from the source file are consumed
 to form the next preprocessing token
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 \item
 Adjacent \grammarterm{string-literal} tokens are concatenated\iref{lex.string}.
 
-\item Whitespace characters separating tokens are no longer
+\item \grammarterm{whitespace-character}s separating tokens are no longer
 significant. Each preprocessing token is converted into a
 token\iref{lex.token}. The resulting tokens
 constitute a \defn{translation unit} and
@@ -469,16 +469,25 @@
 
 \rSec1[lex.comment]{Comments}
 
-\pnum
 \indextext{comment|(}%
+\begin{bnf}
+\nontermdef{whitespace-character}\br
+    \unicode{0009}{character tabulation}\br
+    \textnormal{new-line}\br
+    \unicode{000b}{line tabulation}\br
+    \unicode{000c}{form feed}\br
+    \unicode{0020}{space}\br
+\end{bnf}
+
+\pnum
 \indextext{comment!\tcode{/*} \tcode{*/}}%
 \indextext{comment!\tcode{//}}%
 The characters \tcode{/*} start a comment, which terminates with the
 characters \tcode{*/}. These comments do not nest.
 \indextext{comment!\tcode{//}}%
 The characters \tcode{//} start a comment, which terminates immediately before the
-next new-line character. If there is a form-feed or a vertical-tab
-character in such a comment, only whitespace characters shall appear
+next new-line character. If there is a \unicode{000c}{form feed} or a \unicode{000b}{line tabulation}
+character in such a comment, only \grammarterm{whitespace-character}s shall appear
 between it and the new-line that terminates the comment; no diagnostic
 is required.
 \begin{note}
@@ -494,6 +503,7 @@
 
 \indextext{token!preprocessing|(}%
 \begin{bnf}
+
 \nontermdef{preprocessing-token}\br
     header-name\br
     import-keyword\br
@@ -506,7 +516,7 @@
     string-literal\br
     user-defined-string-literal\br
     preprocessing-op-or-punc\br
-    \textnormal{each non-whitespace character that cannot be one of the above}
+    \textnormal{each non-\grammarterm{whitespace-character} that cannot be one of the above}
 \end{bnf}
 
 \pnum
@@ -520,7 +530,7 @@
 (\grammarterm{import-keyword}, \grammarterm{module-keyword}, and \grammarterm{export-keyword}),
 identifiers, preprocessing numbers, character literals (including user-defined character
 literals), string literals (including user-defined string literals), preprocessing
-operators and punctuators, and single non-whitespace characters that do not lexically
+operators and punctuators, and single non-\grammarterm{whitespace-character}s that do not lexically
 match the other preprocessing token categories.
 If a \unicode{0027}{apostrophe} or a \unicode{0022}{quotation mark} character
 matches the last category, the program is ill-formed.
@@ -530,12 +540,9 @@
 \indextext{whitespace}%
 whitespace;
 \indextext{comment}%
-this consists of comments\iref{lex.comment}, or whitespace characters
-(\unicode{0020}{space},
-\unicode{0009}{character tabulation},
-new-line,
-\unicode{000b}{line tabulation}, and
-\unicode{000c}{form feed}), or both.
+this consists of comments\iref{lex.comment},
+\grammarterm{whitespace-character}s, or
+both.
 As described in \ref{cpp}, in certain
 circumstances during translation phase 4, whitespace (or the absence
 thereof) serves as more than preprocessing token separation. Whitespace
@@ -673,13 +680,13 @@
 external source file names as specified in~\ref{cpp.include}.
 
 \pnum
-The appearance of either of the characters \tcode{'} or \tcode{\textbackslash} or of
+The appearance of either of the characters \unicode{0027}{apostrophe} or \unicode{005c}{reverse solidus} or of
 either of the character sequences \tcode{/*} or \tcode{//} in a
 \grammarterm{q-char-sequence} or an \grammarterm{h-char-sequence}
 is conditionally-supported with \impldef{meaning of \tcode{'}, \tcode{\textbackslash},
 \tcode{/*}, or \tcode{//} in a \grammarterm{q-char-sequence} or an
 \grammarterm{h-char-sequence}} semantics, as is the appearance of the character
-\tcode{"} in an \grammarterm{h-char-sequence}.
+\unicode{0022}{quotation mark} in an \grammarterm{h-char-sequence}.
 \begin{footnote}
 Thus, a sequence of characters
 that resembles an escape sequence can result in an error, be interpreted as the
@@ -826,7 +833,7 @@
 \end{footnote}
 operators, and other separators.
 \indextext{whitespace}%
-Blanks, horizontal and vertical tabs, newlines, formfeeds, and comments
+\grammarterm{whitespace-character}s and comments
 (collectively, ``whitespace''), as described below, are ignored except
 as they serve to separate tokens.
 \begin{note}
@@ -1790,8 +1797,8 @@
 \begin{bnf}
 \nontermdef{d-char}\br
     \textnormal{any member of the basic character set except:}\br
-    \bnfindent\textnormal{\unicode{0020}{space}, \unicode{0028}{left parenthesis}, \unicode{0029}{right parenthesis}, \unicode{005c}{reverse solidus},}\br
-    \bnfindent\textnormal{\unicode{0009}{character tabulation}, \unicode{000b}{line tabulation}, \unicode{000c}{form feed}, and new-line}
+    \bnfindent\textnormal{a \grammarterm{whitespace-character}, \unicode{0028}{left parenthesis}, \unicode{0029}{right parenthesis},}\br
+    \bnfindent\textnormal{and \unicode{005c}{reverse solidus}}
 \end{bnf}
 
 \pnum