> I was wondering this morning whether we ought to write the Perl 6
> parser as a set of recursive regexes.
That would also solve one of my nagging headaches:
RFC XXX: Parse::RecDescent 2.0 *is* Perl 6.0
Of course, then we'd have to have Perl 6 out "by Christmas"!
;-)
Damian
PS: I case anyone missed it, I was pointing out that beefing up the regex
engine until it was capable of implementing fully-fledged parsers would
make it vastly more useful to those of us who are fully-fledged parsers.
If this were done, I would envisage that the RecDescent module would
simply become a kinder, gentler interface to the horrors of the new
regex syntax that would be required. The various parsing modules might
also be a source of useful ideas and metaphors for the new regex
mechanism.
