Re: Now, to try again...

2000-12-16 Thread David Grove
Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Simon (?) brought up the problem that we might end up with a monolithic > > beastie > > I don't recall saying anything about it being a problem. :) Ok, it scared somebody. That much I remember. > > Reading what you say, "parser/lexer/tokenizer"

Re: Now, to try again...

2000-12-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:27:24AM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > Okay, it's time to try again, and this time I think it's best to skip the > specifics of parameters and suchlike things. > > How do we want the parser/lexer/tokenizer piece to work, and what sorts of > hooks do we want to provide t

Re: Now, to try again...

2000-12-16 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:08:37PM +, David Grove wrote: > Ok, _from_ the books on the reading list, I'm seeing no precedent for a > parser/lexer/tokenizer that uses multiple input "languages". Yes I know > that GCC does F77/ASM/C/C++ but I'm not sure those completely relate. That does relate

Re: Now, to try again...

2000-12-16 Thread David Grove
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Keeping in mind the input is source, and > the output is a syntax tree) Will you be my hero? Or Your clarity is sincerely appreciated. Ok, _from_ the books on the reading list, I'm seeing no precedent for a parser/lexer/tokenizer that uses multipl