Re: lua parser generator or c-grammar parser

[Antero Vipunen <antero@...>]

Dave Dodge wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:59:24AM +0700, Antero Vipunen wrote:
>  
>
> > Well, even simple C-grammar parser would be enough for my needs.(I 
> > mean it should parse C files, and be written in lua)
> >    
>
> Note that the C grammar is a bit tricky because of the preprocessor.
> Consider what happens if the code has macros, stringization, token
> pasting, or #if statements with mathematical expressions.  If you
> implement your own preprocessor, you also have the issue that
> conditional code might expect compiler-specific predefined values.
>
>
>  
In general, I don't need `understanding-parser'. I need `silly-parser' 
that will only build syntax trees for me,
so I can do some code preprocessing.

> I only mention this stuff because I was working on a C parser (sorry,
> not in Lua) in recent weeks and ran into all of this myself.
>
>  
Can you share with me your code?

AMDG,
 Antero Vipunen.