Learn petit parser way of doing things. It takes a while to grok.
Well, at least, there is still a ton to learn AFAIAC
But it is very powerful.
Phil
2013/3/11 Mohammad Al Houssami (Alumni) <
[hidden email]>:
> Hello again,
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> Im building an HTML5 Parser in smalltalk.
> Im building it according to the pseudo code provided by WHATWG mainly
> these:
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> Tokenization:
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http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tokenization.html>
> Tree Construction:
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http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/tree-construction.html>
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> Im still in the Tokenization phase.
> The spec defines a state machine. It describes what has to be done when we
> reach a certain state.
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> My approach to building the tokenizer is by representing each state as a
> method.
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> Each method does some operations ( calling other methods to represent
> changing state or returning tokens etc..)
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> I will be translating the pseudo code provided as is to Smalltalk.
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> I am not sure if this is the best approach to do things especially that I am
> still new to Smalltalk.
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> I was told by Stephane Ducasse to use PetitParser.
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> Doing a quick reading I noticed that it is used when grammars are available.
> In my case I don’t have a grammar but pseudo-code of a parser. Can I know if
> anyone has any suggestions for such a project or any comments on the
> approach I am aiming to follow ?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Mohammad
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