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Language Reference
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This chapter provides a detailed reference for the *Erbsland Configuration Language* (:term:`ELCL`), primarily intended for parser implementors, but can also be a good source for users to gain detailed insight in the details of a syntax.

.. toctree::

    conventions
    characters
    line-break
    spacing
    comments
    text
    names
    text-name
    name-path/index
    name-conflict
    section-names
    sections
    named-values
    single-line-value-list
    multi-line-value-list
    text-value
    integer-value
    boolean-value
    floating-point-value
    multi-line-text-value
    date-time-value
    code-text-value
    byte-data-value
    regular-expression-value
    time-delta-value
    meta-value
    include-meta-command
    signature-meta-value
    limits
    value-type-names
    error-code
    error-details
    feature-identifier