# File lib/treetop/compiler/metagrammar.rb, line 2229
      def _nt_terminal
        start_index = index
        if node_cache[:terminal].has_key?(index)
          cached = node_cache[:terminal][index]
          if cached
            cached = SyntaxNode.new(input, index...(index + 1)) if cached == true
            @index = cached.interval.end
          end
          return cached
        end

        i0 = index
        r1 = _nt_quoted_string
        if r1
          r0 = r1
        else
          r2 = _nt_character_class
          if r2
            r0 = r2
          else
            r3 = _nt_anything_symbol
            if r3
              r0 = r3
            else
              @index = i0
              r0 = nil
            end
          end
        end

        node_cache[:terminal][start_index] = r0

        r0
      end