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6 { $var-description "Stores the current " { $link lexer } " instance." }
7 { $class-description "An object for tokenizing parser input. It has the following slots:"
9 { { $snippet "text" } " - the lines being parsed; an array of strings" }
10 { { $snippet "line" } " - the line number being parsed; unlike most indices this is 1-based for friendlier error reporting and integration with text editors" }
11 { { $snippet "column" } " - the current column position, zero-based" }
13 "Custom lexing can be implemented by delegating a tuple to an instance of this class and implementing the " { $link skip-word } " and " { $link skip-blank } " generic words." } ;
16 { $values { "text" "a sequence of strings" } { "lexer" lexer } }
17 { $description "Creates a new lexer for tokenizing the given sequence of lines." } ;
20 { $values { "lexer" lexer } }
21 { $description "Advances the lexer to the next input line, discarding the remainder of the current line." } ;
24 { $error-description "Thrown when the lexer encounters invalid input. A lexer error wraps an underlying error together with line and column numbers." } ;
27 { $values { "msg" "an error" } { "error" lexer-error } }
28 { $description "Creates a new " { $link lexer-error } ", filling in the location information from the current " { $link lexer } "." } ;
31 { $values { "i" "a starting index" } { "seq" sequence } { "?" "a boolean" } { "n" integer } }
32 { $description "Skips to the first space character (if " { $snippet "boolean" } " is " { $link f } ") or the first non-space character (otherwise)." } ;
34 HELP: change-lexer-column
35 { $values { "lexer" lexer } { "quot" { $quotation "( col line -- newcol )" } } }
36 { $description "Applies a quotation to the current column and line text to produce a new column, and moves the lexer position." } ;
39 { $values { "lexer" lexer } }
40 { $contract "Skips whitespace characters." }
41 { $notes "Custom lexers can implement this generic word." } ;
44 { $values { "lexer" lexer } }
46 "Skips until the end of the current token."
48 "The default implementation treats a single " { $snippet "\"" } " as a word by itself; otherwise it searches forward until a whitespace character or the end of the line."
50 { $notes "Custom lexers can implement this generic word." } ;
52 HELP: still-parsing-line?
53 { $values { "lexer" lexer } { "?" "a boolean" } }
54 { $description "Outputs " { $link f } " if the end of the current line has been reached, " { $link t } " otherwise." } ;
57 { $values { "lexer" lexer } { "str/f" { $maybe string } } }
58 { $description "Reads the next token from the lexer. Tokens are delimited by whitespace, with the exception that " { $snippet "\"" } " is treated like a single token even when not followed by whitespace." } ;
61 { $values { "str/f" { $maybe string } } }
62 { $description "Reads the next token from the lexer. See " { $link parse-token } " for details." }
66 { $values { "lexer" lexer } { "?" "a boolean" } }
67 { $description "Outputs " { $link f } " if end of input has been reached, " { $link t } " otherwise." } ;
70 { $values { "end" string } { "seq" "a new sequence of strings" } }
71 { $description "Reads a sequence of tokens until the first occurrence of " { $snippet "end" } ". The tokens remain as strings and are not processed in any way." }
72 { $examples "This word is used to implement " { $link POSTPONE: USING: } "." }
76 { $values { "want" { $maybe word } } { "got" word } }
77 { $description "Throws an " { $link unexpected } " error." }
78 { $error-description "Thrown by the parser if an unmatched closing delimiter is encountered." }
80 "Parsing the following snippet will throw this error:"
85 { $values { "word" "a " { $link word } } }
86 { $description "Throws an " { $link unexpected } " error indicating the parser was looking for an occurrence of " { $snippet "word" } " but encountered end of file." } ;
89 { $values { "lexer" lexer } { "quot" quotation } { "newquot" quotation } }
90 { $description "Calls the quotation with the " { $link lexer } " variable set to the given lexer. The quotation can make use of words such as " { $link scan } ". Any errors thrown by the quotation are wrapped in " { $link lexer-error } " instances." } ;
93 { $var-description "A variable holding a quotation with stack effect " { $snippet "( lines -- lexer )" } ". This quotation is called by the parser to create " { $link lexer } " instances. This variable can be rebound to a quotation which outputs a custom tuple delegating to " { $link lexer } " to customize syntax." } ;
96 ARTICLE: "parser-lexer" "The lexer"
97 "A variable that encapsulate internal parser state:"
99 "Creating a default lexer:"
100 { $subsection <lexer> }
101 "A word to test of the end of input has been reached:"
102 { $subsection still-parsing? }
103 "A word to advance the lexer to the next line:"
104 { $subsection next-line }
105 "Two generic words to override the lexer's token boundary detection:"
106 { $subsection skip-blank }
107 { $subsection skip-word }
108 "Utility combinator:"
109 { $subsection with-lexer } ;