From: Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>
Date: 2005-05-31T06:06:00+09:00
Subject: Re: cursor-0.6



--- Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/30/05, Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > > A grammar class sounds interesting..
> > > Any examples of usage ?
> > 
> > I still don't have a first release of grammar.  But, you
> can
> > look at the predecessor:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/138450
> > 
> > I changed the name from syntax to grammar because there is
> > already a syntax package for syntax hilighting.
> > 
> > The usage for the Grammar classes will be very similar. 
> Each
> > type of Grammar is a derived class - Sequence, Alternation,
> > Repeat, etc.  === is used to match a Grammar against a
> Cursor.
> > And I also put stuff in String and Range to make creating a
> > Grammar even easier.
> 
> Have you any unittests for your syntax/grammar code ?

Not yet.

> Your === operator reminds me of my own #match methods, in
> this file.
> 
>
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/projects/regexp_engine/source/scanner_nodes.rb?rev=1.22&cvsroot=aeditor&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup


Yes, this is quite similar.  You, Caleb, and I look to have
very similar code and needs - external iterators and pattern
matches/parsers.



		
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