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proto+multi regex rules [NYI] #4311

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p6rt opened this issue Jun 10, 2015 · 1 comment
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proto+multi regex rules [NYI] #4311

p6rt opened this issue Jun 10, 2015 · 1 comment

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p6rt commented Jun 10, 2015

Migrated from rt.perl.org#125374 (status was 'new')

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p6rt commented Jun 10, 2015

From @skids

# I believe this is a known NYI but it is probably about time there was
# an RT for it.

# Rakudo's proto+multi grammar rules don't function as specced. They
# should be equivalent to an '|' alternative.

# These two grammars should produce identical results
grammar g1 {
proto token m {*}
multi token m​:sep<2> { '==' }
multi token m​:sep<1> { '=' }
multi token m​:sep<0> { '' }
token TOP { d <m> foo }
}

grammar g2 {
proto token m {*}
multi token m​:sep<0> { '' }
multi token m​:sep<1> { '=' }
multi token m​:sep<2> { '==' }
token TOP { d <m> foo }
}

g1.parse('d==foo').say; # 「d==foo」 m => 「==」
g1.parse('d=foo').say; # 「d=foo」 m => 「=」
g1.parse('dfoo').say; # 「dfoo」 m => 「」

g2.parse('d==foo').say; # (Any)
g2.parse('d=foo').say; # (Any)
g2.parse('dfoo').say; # 「dfoo」 m => 「」

# Also this​:
perl6 -e 'grammar g { proto regex { f {*} g } }'
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Proto regex body must be {*} (or <*> or <...>, which are deprecated)
at -e​:1
------> grammar g { proto regex ⏏{ f {*} g } }

...where the design docs say​:
The proto calls into the subdispatcher when it sees a * that cannot be a quantifier and is the only thing in its block. Therefore you can put items before and after the subdispatch by putting the * into curlies​:

  proto token foo { <prestuff> {*} <poststuff> }

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