Expression grammar not allowing !

[loicgasser]

layer = """                                                                     
LAYER                                                                           
    CONNECTION "user=user password=pass host=host dbname=mydb port=5432 options='-c client_encoding=utf-8'"
    CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS                                                      
    DATA "the_geom from  (SELECT *,mod(exposurecurve_level_db::integer, 5) as bgdi_modulo_5 FROM bazl.laermbelastungskataster_zivilflugplaetze ) as data using unique bgdi_id using srid=21781"
    NAME "ch.bazl.laermbelastungskataster-zivilflugplaetze_militaer-gesamt"        
    STATUS OFF                                                                  
    TEMPLATE "ttt"                                                              
    TYPE LINE                                                                   
    UNITS METERS                                                                
    LABELITEM exposurecurve_level_db                                            
    LABELMAXSCALEDENOM 20000                                                    
    FILTER "exposuregroup_exposuretype like 'OverallTrafficMilitary_Lr'"        
    METADATA                                                                    
        "ows_title"             "ch.bazl.laermbelastungskataster-zivilflugplaetze_militaer-gesamt"
        "ows_featureid"         "bgdi_id"                                       
        "wms_srs" "EPSG:21781 EPSG:2056 EPSG:4326 EPSG:3857 EPSG:3034 EPSG:3035 EPSG:4258 EPSG:31287 EPSG:25832 EPSG:25833 EPSG:31467 EPSG:32632 EPSG:32633"
        "ows_include_items"     "all"                                           
        "ows_exclude_items"     "bgdi_created_by,bgdi_modified_by,bgdi_created,bgdi_modified,bgdi_modulo_5"
    END                                                                         
    CLASS                                                                       
       NAME "bazl_overalltrafficmilitary_lr_5db"                                
       EXPRESSION ( [bgdi_modulo_5] eq 0 )                                      
       STYLE                                                                    
          COLOR 120 145 60                                                      
          WIDTH 2                                                               
       END                                                                      
       LABEL                                                                    
          COLOR 120 145 60                                                      
          OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255                                              
          FONT "arialbd"                                                        
          TYPE truetype                                                         
          SIZE 10                                                               
          ANGLE FOLLOW                                                          
          MAXOVERLAPANGLE 40                                                    
          FORCE TRUE                                                            
       END                                                                      
    END                                                                         
                                                                                
    CLASS                                                                       
       NAME "bazl_overalltrafficmilitary_lr_1db"                                
       EXPRESSION ( [bgdi_modulo_5] != 0 )                                      
       STYLE                                                                    
          COLOR 120 145 60                                                      
          WIDTH 1                                                               
       END                                                                      
    END                                                                         
END                                                                                                                                               
"""                                                                         
import mappyfile                                                                
                                                                                
mappyfile.loads(layer)

the code sample above failes and complains about !
But this is still a valid EXPRESSION.
By the way thanks for this lib. ;)

See also:
http://mapserver.org/fr/mapfile/expressions.html#logical-expressions

While this clearly ok:
https://s.geo.admin.ch/74d42d8231

[geographika]

@loicgasser thanks for reporting this. I'll look at adding this into the grammar.
In the meantime does the alternative ne work for you?

[loicgasser]

yes it does work with ne.
I've got something like a thousand layers, I am trying to lint with your tool. I may come up with other things. ;)

[geographika]

Just to add if you have very large mapfiles maybe try out the experimental lalr_first branch - it is several orders of magnitude faster, although will require falling back to earley in some cases.

[loicgasser]

thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.