Ways to parse D code.

[Dennis]

On Wednesday, 25 November 2020 at 16:27:41 UTC, Jan Hönig wrote:
> What is the "easiest" way to parse D code?
> (...)
> libdparse seems to do it as well with `parseModule` function.
> https://github.com/dlang-community/libdparse/blob/master/src/dparse/parser.d

I recommend libdparse.

> dmd has to do it somewhere as well. Although I don't know 
> exactly where. I do know ldc uses dmd's frontend for parsing.
> https://dlang.org/phobos/dmd_parse.html

DMD as a library is still experimental. You can try to use it, 
but libdparse is more stable.

> I am also a little confused about who uses what. Does D-Scanner 
> use libdparse?

Yes, most tools that parse D code do, including Adam's 
documentation generator: https://github.com/adamdruppe/adrdox

Only LDC, GDC and VisualD use the dmd front-end as far as I know.

> Is there a D grammar for pegged?
> https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/Pegged

Not complete and outdated, but it's a start:
https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/Pegged/tree/master/examples/dgrammar