Is the example for '-' difference parser wrong?
Phil Endecott via Spirit-general <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:55:02 +0000
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Dear Experts,
The documentation for the difference parser at
https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_77_0/libs/spirit/doc/html/spirit/qi/reference/operator/difference.html
gives this example:
Parse a C/C++ style comment:
test_parser("/*A Comment*/", "/*" >> *(char_ - "*/") >> "*/");
Is that correct?
My understanding is that char_ matches any single character.
So (char_ - "*/") will match any single character that does not
also match "*/". Since "*/" is two characters, no single character
can ever match "*/". So (char_ - "*/") is surely the same as
just char_.
I was wondering if it were just a case of a misplaced paren, but
I don't think it's that simple.
Have I misunderstood something?
Thanks, Phil.