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lelwel

Crates.io MIT/Apache 2.0 Crates.io Rust

Lelwel generates recursive descent parsers for Rust using LL(1) grammars. Conflicts are resolved with semantic predicates. Semantic actions are used for ad hoc syntax-directed translation. Unlike in other parser generators (e.g. Bison, JavaCC, or Coco/R), actions and predicates are not defined inline, which makes it easier to read the grammar.

Lelwel is written as a library, which is used by the CLI tool llw and the language server lelwel-ls. There are plugins for Neovim and Visual Studio Code (not published yet) that use the language server.

Why Yet Another Parser Generator?

  • Language Server: Get instant feedback when your grammar contains conflicts or errors.
  • Easy to Read: Code for semantic actions and predicates does not clutter the grammar.
  • Easy to Debug: The generated parser is easy to understand and can be debugged with standard tools.

Installation

Run cargo install --features="cli","lsp" lelwel.

Grammar Examples

The parser for lelwel grammar files (*.llw) is itself generated by lelwel. The following examples show grammars for a basic calculator and JSON.

Calculator

// token definitions

token Num{f64}='number';
token Add='+' Sub='-' Mul='*' Div='/';
token LPar='(' RPar=')';

// grammar rules

start{f64}:
  expr #1
;
expr{f64}:
  term #1 (
    '+' term #2
  | '-' term #3
  )* #4
;
term{f64}:
  atomic #1 (
    '*' atomic #2
  | '/' atomic #3
  )* #4
;
atomic{f64}:
  Num #1
| '(' expr ')' #2
;

// semantic actions

start#1 { Ok(expr) }

expr#1 { let mut res = term; }
expr#2 { res += term; }
expr#3 { res -= term; }
expr#4 { Ok(res) }

term#1 { let mut res = atomic; }
term#2 { res *= atomic; }
term#3 { res /= atomic; }
term#4 { Ok(res) }

atomic#1 { Ok(Num.0) }
atomic#2 { Ok(expr) }

JSON

token True='true' False='false' Null='null';
token LBrace='{' RBrace='}' LBrak='[' RBrak=']' Comma=',' Colon=':';
token String{String}='<string>' Number{String}='<number>';

start{Value}:
  value #1
;
value{Value}:
  object #1
| array #2
| String #3
| Number #4
| 'true' #5
| 'false' #6
| 'null' #7
;
object{Value}:
  '{' [member #1 (',' member #2)* | !1] '}' #3
;
member{(String, Value)}:
  String ':' value #1
;
array{Value}:
  '[' [value #1 (',' value #2)* | !1] ']' #3
;

limit 1000;

preamble {
    use std::collections::BTreeMap;
    use super::diag::*;
    use super::Value;
}
parameters { diag: &mut Diag }
error { Code }

start#1 { Ok(value) }

value#1 { Ok(object) }
value#2 { Ok(array) }
value#3 { Ok(Value::String(String.0)) }
value#4 { Ok(Value::Number(Number.0)) }
value#5 { Ok(Value::Bool(true)) }
value#6 { Ok(Value::Bool(false)) }
value#7 { Ok(Value::Null) }

object#0 { let mut members = BTreeMap::new(); }
object#1 { members.insert(member.0, member.1); }
object#2 { members.insert(member.0, member.1); }
object#3 { Ok(Value::Object(members)) }
object!1 { diag.error(error_code, error_range); }

member#1 { Ok((String.0, value)) }

array#0 { let mut values = vec![]; }
array#1 { values.push(value); }
array#2 { values.push(value); }
array#3 { Ok(Value::Array(values)) }
array!1 { diag.error(error_code, error_range); }

License

Lelwel and its generated code is licensed under either of

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

Dependencies

~0.2–1.3MB
~28K SLoC