1 unstable release
0.1.0 | Jul 23, 2023 |
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#2106 in Command line utilities
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sexpfmt
S-expressions are easy for machines to write, but generating formatted S-expressions can be painful.
sexpfmt
formats an input stream in a consistent way such that the output is both line-diffable and human-readable.
The formatting style used by sexpfmt is highly regular, unlike what many Lispers and Schemers prefer. Each indentation increments spaces by a fixed number of spaces (by default, 2).
(object
(object
(name "croissant")
(quantity 2))
(object
(name "latte")
(quantity 1)
(size "tall")))
The S-expression data format used is highly simplified compared to LISP's.
There is no support for quote, quasiquote, unquote, or dot pair-builders.
The character literal #\
(for space) is not supported either. Use #\space
instead.
There is also no support for #1234 = ...
expressions to construct graphs.
Setup and Installation
-
To build and install this tool, you will need
Cargo
and a Rust toolchain. -
Navigate to the root of this repository with a shell, then run:
cargo install --path .
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To run tests, you will also need
bash
andPython3
Example Usage
$ cat my-file.sexp | sexpfmt > my-formatted-file.sexp
$ ./build/my-sexp-generator-program arg1 arg2 | sexpfmt >> formatted-logfile.sexp
For examples of sexpfmt
's behavior, see the test
directory.
TODO
- allow command line options to specify...
- whether to print help and exit (e.g.
-h
or--help
) - whether to normalize bookend tokens
- the margin width and indent width.
- file input, directly map file using OS API to handle very large files.
- whether to print help and exit (e.g.
- preserve comments when parsing.
- better error reporting if mis-formatted file is fed as input.
- e.g. we have almost everything needed to provide line numbers.
- consider whether to support more features like quote, quasiquote, unquote, pair building, etc.
Dependencies
~1MB
~22K SLoC