# File lib/cucumber/parser/table.rb, line 382
      def _nt_eof
        start_index = index
        if node_cache[:eof].has_key?(index)
          cached = node_cache[:eof][index]
          @index = cached.interval.end if cached
          return cached
        end

        i0 = index
        if index < input_length
          r1 = instantiate_node(SyntaxNode,input, index...(index + 1))
          @index += 1
        else
          terminal_parse_failure("any character")
          r1 = nil
        end
        if r1
          r0 = nil
        else
          @index = i0
          r0 = instantiate_node(SyntaxNode,input, index...index)
        end

        node_cache[:eof][start_index] = r0

        r0
      end