Re: future-proof parsing

Just out of curiosity, has anyone written a parser for SML using
ml-antlr? All existing implementations I've looked at use LALR
parsers, I'd be interested to know if anyone has written a top-down
parser for it.

Cheers,
Colin

2009/12/18 John Reppy <[email protected]>:
> I write all my new parsers and scanners using ml-antlr and ml-ulex.
> While ml-yacc will continue to be supported, I expect that ml-ulex will
> eventually completely replace ml-lex, since the compatibility mode
> allows ml-ulex to be used in place of ml-lex (and the ml-lex code base
> is horrible).
>
> If there are aspects of the ml-lpt docs that you think need improvement,
> please file a feature request at https://smlnj-gforge.cs.uchicago.edu/bug=
form.php
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- John
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Gergely Buday wrote:
>
>> Dear SML/NJ developers,
>>
>> there does not seem too much activity around ml-ulex and ml-antlr, at
>> least from the documentation viewpoint - it is almost three years old
>> and fragmented. If I started a new parser today, would you recommend
>> me to switch back to ml-lex and ml-yacc, being more tested and mature?
>> My input is strictly ASCII.
>>
>> - Gergely
>>
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