Request for comments: std.d.lexer

deadalnix deadalnix at gmail.com
Sun Jan 27 02:35:43 PST 2013


On Sunday, 27 January 2013 at 10:17:48 UTC, Philippe Sigaud wrote:
> Last time we discussed it, IIRC, some people wanted the lexer 
> to stop
> at once, other just wanted an Error token.
> I personally prefer an Error token, but that means finding a 
> way to
> start lexing again after the error (and hence, finding where 
> the error
> ends).
> I guess any separator/terminator could be used to re-engage the 
> lexer:
> space, semicolon, closing brace, closing parenthesis?
>

Oh yes, that is very important. Conditions are perfect to handle 
stuff like that.


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