What library functionality would you most like to see in D?

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Mon Aug 1 01:25:29 PDT 2011


On 2011-08-01 04:34, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I can tell you right now that he wants a generic, template-based lexer /
> parser generator rather than a hand-written solution. He doesn't like the idea
> of the hand-written solution. And I definitely think that we should have a
> template-based lexer / parser generator. The question is whether it's also
> worth having a hand-written port of the dmd front-end's lexer and parser to
> Phobos so that we can have on official lexer and parser in Phobos which parse D
> the same way that the compiler does.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

I think it's absolutly worth having a hand-written port of the DMD front 
end in Phobos.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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