Re: future-proof parsing

I don't know of any, but the Manticore parser is a superset of a subset of an
SML grammar.

	- John

On Dec 18, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Colin Fleming wrote:

> 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/bugform.php
>> 
>>        - 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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