From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-08-22T23:57:57+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruth 0.10


"Robert Feldt" <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> wrote in message
news:oprua8bsmfoglyup@mail1.telia.com...

> And an incomplete:
>  * ruby/parse, Ruby.parse
>     Parse Ruby source code into an abstract syntax tree.
>     Its a cheato-RubyInRuby parser since it looks like one but actually
>     uses Ruby::Interpreter.parse and then simply transforms the output.
> Advantage of this is that it parses exactly the same programs as matz Ruby
> interpreter parses (since it uses the same parser). Disadvantage is that
it
> relies on C code, returns nil on parse error,
>     isn't customizable etc.

This could be useful for prototyping byte code generators in Ruby for Parrot
and similar targets.


Mikkel