Re: Searching Perl(5) grammar

Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
17 Oct 1997 22:50:20 -0400

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From: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.compilers.tools.pccts
Date: 17 Oct 1997 22:50:20 -0400
Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
References: 97-10-026 97-10-087
Keywords: parse

>>>>> "Chip" == Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net> writes:


Chip> According to Gerd Weishaar <weishaar@soft.uni-linz.ac.at>:
>> I'm searching for a Perl grammar with the purpose to develope an
>> analysis tool for perl programs. The yacc-file included in the
>> perl5 package is quite tricky and difficult to read.


Chip> That's because Perl itself is tricky and difficult to parse.


>> [I'd be surprised if anything much simpler than the parser in perl5 could
>> correctly parse perl5. -John]


Chip> Good call. Some parser decisions depend on such factors as whether
Chip> a given package (class) has been defined yet.


You forgot "phase of the moon", "remaining supply of smoke for
smoke-and-mirrors", and "relative Bacon number".


:-)


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