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-February 19, 2007
+March 24, 2009
- Announcing : PLY-2.3 (Python Lex-Yacc)
+ Announcing : PLY-3.2 (Python Lex-Yacc)
http://www.dabeaz.com/ply
I'm pleased to announce a significant new update to PLY---a 100% Python
-implementation of the common parsing tools lex and yacc. PLY-2.3 is
-a minor bug fix release, but also features improved performance.
+implementation of the common parsing tools lex and yacc. PLY-3.2 adds
+compatibility for Python 2.6 and 3.0, provides some new customization
+options, and cleans up a lot of internal implementation details.
If you are new to PLY, here are a few highlights:
@@ -29,19 +30,11 @@ If you are new to PLY, here are a few highlights:
problems. Currently, PLY can build its parsing tables using
either SLR or LALR(1) algorithms.
-- PLY can be used to build parsers for large programming languages.
- Although it is not ultra-fast due to its Python implementation,
- PLY can be used to parse grammars consisting of several hundred
- rules (as might be found for a language like C). The lexer and LR
- parser are also reasonably efficient when parsing normal
- sized programs.
-
More information about PLY can be obtained on the PLY webpage at:
http://www.dabeaz.com/ply
-PLY is freely available and is licensed under the terms of the Lesser
-GNU Public License (LGPL).
+PLY is freely available.
Cheers,