RE: [Infrastructures] new parser for Isconf

Thanks for explaining.  I'm now using:

bezukhov: sunos_base

Next: I'm using the types file from your CVS.  In vi, I just did

:%/^[^#]*:/s/	/ /g

i.e., on any target line not containing a colon, turn all tabs into
spaces.
Now I get:

$ perl -I../lib/perl5 ../bin/ischeck
Checking hosts...up to date.
Checking types...
using Isconf::Parse
types:164: parse error

Annotated using vi's :set nu, that appears in

   161
   162  cognos_server: sun_server
   163          cognos_service_user
   164          pkg/add__java__1.4.1
   165

That happens to be the first pkg/ line containing a ".", and you said
there were new restrictions on the use of "." and "-".  I suppose I'm
going to have to read the grammar.
But if you could post an example of a grammatically correct types file,
it would help.  Thanks,

    - Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke A. Kanies [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:03 PM
To: Stephen Schaefer
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Infrastructures] new parser for Isconf


On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Stephen Schaefer wrote:

> So I blasted ahead with the questionable ParseLex-2.15 module, and 
> things are not improving.  My hosts file is entirely commented out 
> except for the line
>
> bezukhov :				sunos_base
>
> Now I get:
>
> $ perl -I../lib/perl5 ../bin/ischeck
> using Isconf::Parse
> hosts:26: parse error
> Checking hosts...$
>
> Bezukhov is indeed on line 26.  It is followed by an empty line.  In 
> case intermediariess obscure it, the bezukhov is followed by a single 
> space, and there are three tabs between the colon and sunos_base.
>
> Suggestions?

Yeah, change the tabs to spaces.

I couldn't find a good way to do this using the new parser, so now
spaces are ignored on a given line (i.e., you can have as many as you
like) but tabs should only ever occur at the beginning of a line,
signaling indentation.

If you'd like to look at the grammar and lexer and figure a way around
that, fine, but I figured it was a worthy sacrifice for the extra speed,
and actually makes more sense, anyway.  More restrictive, but more
consistent.

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