This is a simplified version of the original problem. I have a class called Person: public class Person { public string Name { get; set; } public int Age { get; set; } public int Weight { get; set; } public DateTime FavouriteDay { get; set; } } …and lets say an instance: var bob … Read more
I’d like to get started with ANTLR, but after spending a few hours reviewing the examples at the antlr.org site, I still can’t get a clear understanding of the grammar to Java process. Is there some simple example, something like a four-operations calculator implemented with ANTLR going through the parser definition and all the way … Read more
Are lexers and parsers really that different in theory? It seems fashionable to hate regular expressions: coding horror, another blog post. However, popular lexing based tools: pygments, geshi, or prettify, all use regular expressions. They seem to lex anything… When is lexing enough, when do you need EBNF? Has anyone used the tokens produced by … Read more
