From: vikkous <google@...>
Date: 2005-04-24T06:49:32+09:00
Subject: Re: announcing RubyLexer 0.6.0

> How extendable is this? Would you be able to add new rules to it
> add run-time?

Ummm... if you're really lucky, maybe. I didn't really have
extensibility in mind.  It might be possible to add it, without a lot
of trouble, depending on what you want to extend. So, what do you want
to extend?

> If it is like that then it could be used for writing Ruby
> source code filters which is something that is useful for exploring
> new syntax.

One of the applications I had in mind was to create a lexer family for
ruby-like languages, but that has sort of fallen by the wayside right
now. I still like the idea, but other priorities press at the moment.

> I can also contribute a few pieces of code that I think that are hard

> to lex properly if you are interested.

Oh! That would be lovely. Weird syntax, obscure syntax, new syntax,
twisted, devious, mutant syntax, I want it all for my menagerie.