Re: Simple yacc translator

Raja Kanagala wrote:


> *begin
> A and B and C
> D and E and f
> *end
> A and B and C
> D and E and f
>
> I would like it to translate to:
> A*B*C
> D*E*F
> (A and B and C)
> (D and E and f)
>
> How can I set rules for the yacc parser to do a set of actions when
> enclosed by "*begin" and "*end". Kind of a state machine.
>
> [Set a flag in the begin and end rules in your lexer or parser, test
> it in the action code for the "A and B" rules and do one thing or the
> other. -John]


If you want the actual syntax to change during begin/end, you should
use start states. You will find examples of these on how to parse
C-style comments from within lex. So, you would enter a different
start state at "begin", enter the normal start state at "end" and have
different lexical rules during your new start state.


alan
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[Uh, lex has start states, yacc doesn't. But you can certainly use lex
start states to make the lexer return different tokens that will match
different parser rules. -John]

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