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NAME

pt::pe - Parsing Expression Serialization

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SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.5 9
package require pt::pe ?1.0.2?
package require char

::pt::pe verify serial ?canonvar?
::pt::pe verify-as-canonical serial
::pt::pe canonicalize serial
::pt::pe print serial
::pt::pe bottomup cmdprefix pe
cmdprefix pe op arguments
::pt::pe topdown cmdprefix pe
::pt::pe equal seriala serialb
::pt::pe epsilon
::pt::pe dot
::pt::pe alnum
::pt::pe alpha
::pt::pe ascii
::pt::pe control
::pt::pe digit
::pt::pe graph
::pt::pe lower
::pt::pe print
::pt::pe punct
::pt::pe space
::pt::pe upper
::pt::pe wordchar
::pt::pe xdigit
::pt::pe ddigit
::pt::pe terminal t
::pt::pe range ta tb
::pt::pe nonterminal nt
::pt::pe choice pe...
::pt::pe sequence pe...
::pt::pe repeat0 pe
::pt::pe repeat1 pe
::pt::pe optional pe
::pt::pe ahead pe
::pt::pe notahead pe

DESCRIPTION

Are you lost ? Do you have trouble understanding this document ? In that case please read the overview provided by the Introduction to Parser Tools. This document is the entrypoint to the whole system the current package is a part of.

This package provides commands to work with the serializations of parsing expressions as managed by the Parser Tools, and specified in section PE serialization format.

This is a supporting package in the Core Layer of Parser Tools.

API

PE serialization format

Here we specify the format used by the Parser Tools to serialize Parsing Expressions as immutable values for transport, comparison, etc.

We distinguish between regular and canonical serializations. While a parsing expression may have more than one regular serialization only exactly one of them will be canonical.

Example

Assuming the parsing expression shown on the right-hand side of the rule

Expression <- Term (AddOp Term)*

then its canonical serialization (except for whitespace) is

{x {n Term} {* {x {n AddOp} {n Term}}}}

Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category pt of the Tcllib Trackers. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

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KEYWORDS

EBNF, LL(k), PEG, TDPL, context-free languages, expression, grammar, matching, parser, parsing expression, parsing expression grammar, push down automaton, recursive descent, state, top-down parsing languages, transducer

CATEGORY

Parsing and Grammars

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 Andreas Kupries