On Dec 12, 3:03 pm, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OTOH, you could actually parse the pascal file(s). This gives
> you infinte flexibility to do whatever you want with the
> parse-tree. Things get hairy when you have included ("uses")
> files, and you also have to write up a grammar for Pascal that
> can be understood by Python. The common wisdom seems to be to
> use PyParsing[1] for such parsing tasks. ...
Oof! Fond as I am of promoting pyparsing, writing a Pascal compiler
(or even just syntax checker) is not a job I would tackle lightly,
much less suggest to a new Python developer.
A Pascal *subset* might be a good first step, and check for
feasibility. But the shell-out-to-a-compiler strategy has a much
higher chance of success.
-- Paul
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