(accidentally sent to perl6-lang, apologies for cross-posting but this seems
more appropriate)
I have a fairly simple question regarding the feasibility of using grammars
with commonly used biological data formats.
My main question: if I wanted to parse() or subparse() vary large files (not
(accidentally sent this privately only, now re-sending to the list)
Hello Christopher,
In the Perl 6 specification, there are plans for lazy and
memory-releasing ways to parse strings that are either too large to fit
into memory at once or that are generated lazily (like being streamed in
On 08/10/2014 12:21 AM, t...@wakelift.de wrote:
Something that does surprise me is that your tests seem to imply that :p
for subparse doesn't work. I'll look into that, because I believe it
ought to be implemented already. Perhaps not properly hooked up, though.
On #perl6 I got corrected
I've already been thinking for awhile now that parsers need to be able to
operate in a streaming fashion (when the grammars lend themselves to it, by not
needing to lookahead, much if at all, to understand what they've already seen)
so that strings that don't fit in memory all at once can be
On Aug 9, 2014, at 5:25 PM, t...@wakelift.de t...@wakelift.de wrote:
On 08/10/2014 12:21 AM, t...@wakelift.de wrote:
Something that does surprise me is that your tests seem to imply that :p
for subparse doesn't work. I'll look into that, because I believe it
ought to be implemented
