Let's stop parser Hell

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/5/12 2:33 PM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> On 05-Jul-12 22:22, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I'd really want to create a task force on this, it is of strategic
>> importance to D. In Walter's own words, no new feature is going to push
>> us forward since we're not really using the great goodies we've got, and
>> CTFE technology is the most important.
>>
>
> Count me as interested.
> CTFE needs more correctness & speed though. So to put it blantly - no
> it's not possible right NOW.
> BUT it doesn't prevent us from planing and doing a proof of concept.
> Pegged seems a good starting point even if we end up re-writing it from
> scratch.

Excellent point. Walter is 100% behind the general strategy and we can 
bring him to work on specific bug reports and enhancement requests if we 
make a case they are important for Pegged.

>> I also am actively opposed to a project of just translating D's
>> front-end to D and dropping it into Phobos because it would smother (a)
>> work on generic parser generators, and (b) strong, dependable
>> formalization of D's syntax.
>>
>
> Well put. It shouldn't stop people from doing parsers, IMO the more the
> merrier.

Exactly.


Andrei