std.d.lexer requirements

[Bernard Helyer]

On Friday, 3 August 2012 at 03:14:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/2/2012 8:00 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 8/2/12 10:40 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> To reiterate another point, since we are in the compiler 
>>> business,
>>> people will expect std.d.lexer to be of top quality, not some 
>>> bag on the
>>> side. It needs to be usable as a base for writing a 
>>> professional quality
>>> compiler. It's the reason why I'm pushing much harder on this 
>>> than I do
>>> for other modules.
>>
>> The lexer must be configurable enough to tokenize other 
>> languages than D. I
>> confess I'm very unhappy that there seem to be no less than 
>> three people
>> determined to write lexers for D. We're wasting precious 
>> talent and resources
>> doubly. Once, several people are working in parallel on the 
>> same product.
>> Second, none of them is actually solving the problem that 
>> should be solved.
>
> I agree and I hope the three can combine their efforts with the 
> best ideas of each.

If the other guys think they've got it, then I can withdraw my
efforts. I was just thinking I had a lexer just sitting around,
may as well use it, but if the other guys have it, then I'm fine
with withdrawing.