Re: GSOC 2016: FastParse library

People in the Scala community have been asking for Python/Haskell style 
whitespace instead of curly braces for a long time. Based on what I have 
heard, the current Scala compiler is not in a position to make that change. 
Scala uses curly braces and parenthesis interchangeably in a lot of places 
and if you use whitespace to delimit methods, the compiler can potentially 
take a term from the next line. Combine all of that with the complexity of 
the Scala compiler and no one is willing to do it. A rock solid 
implementation would require massive change.



On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 3:26:12 PM UTC-5, Martin Mauch wrote:
>
> I have a grammar proposal that involves another project of Li Haoyi:
> https://github.com/lihaoyi/Scalite
> It's an indendation based version of Scala which looks a little like 
> Python.
> Personally I think such a syntax would make Scala look much lighter and 
> more modern :D
>
> On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 7:20:58 AM UTC+1, Vladimir Polushin wrote:
>>
>> Thank you :) It's quite interesting task, I will try to do it.
>>
>> пятница, 11 марта 2016 г., 7:24:06 UTC+3 пользователь Haoyi Li написал:
>>>
>>> Hello! I wrote FastParse.
>>>
>>> A good first contribution to FastParse would probably be some kind of 
>>> example parser. The project already has Scala, Python, JSON and XML 
>>> parsers, but it would be nice to add to the collection. 
>>>
>>> For example, a FastParse based Markdown parser would both very useful as 
>>> well as serve to introduce you to the FastParse library and build you up to 
>>> a reasonably high level of expertise. You would gain a much deeper 
>>> understanding of its behavior and internals, the "why"s of the library, and 
>>> be in a much better position to contribute significantly.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Vladimir Polushin <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> I am a third-year undergraduate Computer Science student at the Moscow 
>>>> State University. I've been working with scala for a year and now I want to 
>>>> start contributing to the Scala community. I looked thought the list of 
>>>> ideas for GSOC, and I liked The FastParse library. I've already used Scala 
>>>> Parser Combinators and I have a basic knowledge about formal grammars and 
>>>> compilers. So where can I start? Should I fix some bug in that repository 
>>>> first?
>>>>
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