Re: Greedy matching with LPEG

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> [...]
> > Exactly because it is generated automatically, shouldn't it be easy to
> > put the list in proper order? All you have to do is to order the entries by
> > decreasing token length.
> 
> Yes, but I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve doing this ---
> does such a thing exist?

I am afraid not. The whole idea of PEGs is that ordered choice gives
determinism. To control this determinism, you must order your choices
properly.

-- Roberto