From 44ebb8d3e27329e9f0b501897585359b4ab696f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Binkert Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 21:54:51 -0700 Subject: Update to ply 2.3 ext/ply/ply/lex.py: ext/ply/ply/yacc.py: ext/ply/CHANGES: ext/ply/README: ext/ply/TODO: ext/ply/doc/ply.html: ext/ply/example/ansic/clex.py: ext/ply/example/ansic/cparse.py: ext/ply/example/calc/calc.py: ext/ply/example/hedit/hedit.py: ext/ply/example/optcalc/calc.py: ext/ply/test/README: ext/ply/test/calclex.py: ext/ply/test/lex_doc1.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_doc1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_dup1.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_dup1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_dup2.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_dup2.py: ext/ply/test/lex_dup3.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_dup3.py: ext/ply/test/lex_empty.py: ext/ply/test/lex_error1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_error2.py: ext/ply/test/lex_error3.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_error3.py: ext/ply/test/lex_error4.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_error4.py: ext/ply/test/lex_hedit.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_hedit.py: ext/ply/test/lex_ignore.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_ignore.py: ext/ply/test/lex_re1.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_re1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_rule1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_token1.py: ext/ply/test/lex_token2.py: ext/ply/test/lex_token3.py: ext/ply/test/lex_token4.py: ext/ply/test/lex_token5.exp: ext/ply/test/lex_token5.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_badargs.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_badargs.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_badprec.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_badprec.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_badprec2.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_badprec2.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_badrule.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_badrule.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_badtok.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_badtok.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_dup.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_dup.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_error1.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_error1.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_error2.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_error2.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_error3.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_error3.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_inf.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_inf.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_missing1.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_missing1.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_nodoc.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_nodoc.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_noerror.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_noerror.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_nop.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_nop.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_notfunc.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_notfunc.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_notok.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_notok.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_rr.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_rr.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_simple.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_simple.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_sr.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_sr.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_term1.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_term1.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_unused.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_unused.py: ext/ply/test/yacc_uprec.exp: ext/ply/test/yacc_uprec.py: Import patch ply.diff src/arch/isa_parser.py: everything is now within the ply package --HG-- rename : ext/ply/lex.py => ext/ply/ply/lex.py rename : ext/ply/yacc.py => ext/ply/ply/yacc.py extra : convert_revision : fca8deabd5c095bdeabd52a1f236ae1404ef106e --- ext/ply/README | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) (limited to 'ext/ply/README') diff --git a/ext/ply/README b/ext/ply/README index 35b458d4c..6e246c2bd 100644 --- a/ext/ply/README +++ b/ext/ply/README @@ -1,14 +1,8 @@ -PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) Version 1.2 (November 27, 2002) +PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) Version 2.3 (February 18, 2007) -David M. Beazley -Department of Computer Science -University of Chicago -Chicago, IL 60637 -beazley@cs.uchicago.edu +David M. Beazley (dave@dabeaz.com) -Copyright (C) 2001 David M. Beazley - -$Header: /home/stever/bk/newmem2/ext/ply/README 1.1 03/06/06 14:53:34-00:00 stever@ $ +Copyright (C) 2001-2007 David M. Beazley This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public @@ -52,11 +46,10 @@ Python, there are several reasons why you might want to consider PLY: Currently, PLY builds its parsing tables using the SLR algorithm which is slightly weaker than LALR(1) used in traditional yacc. - - Like John Aycock's excellent SPARK toolkit, PLY uses Python - reflection to build lexers and parsers. This greatly simplifies - the task of parser construction since it reduces the number of files - and eliminates the need to run a separate lex/yacc tool before - running your program. + - PLY uses Python introspection features to build lexers and parsers. + This greatly simplifies the task of parser construction since it reduces + the number of files and eliminates the need to run a separate lex/yacc + tool before running your program. - PLY can be used to build parsers for "real" programming languages. Although it is not ultra-fast due to its Python implementation, @@ -77,51 +70,79 @@ common usability problems. How to Use ========== -PLY consists of two files : lex.py and yacc.py. To use the system, -simply copy these files to your project and import them like standard -Python modules. +PLY consists of two files : lex.py and yacc.py. These are contained +within the 'ply' directory which may also be used as a Python package. +To use PLY, simply copy the 'ply' directory to your project and import +lex and yacc from the associated 'ply' package. For example: + + import ply.lex as lex + import ply.yacc as yacc + +Alternatively, you can copy just the files lex.py and yacc.py +individually and use them as modules. For example: + + import lex + import yacc + +The file setup.py can be used to install ply using distutils. The file doc/ply.html contains complete documentation on how to use the system. The example directory contains several different examples including a -PLY specification for ANSI C as given in K&R 2nd Ed. Note: To use -the examples, you will need to copy the lex.py and yacc.py files to -the example directory. +PLY specification for ANSI C as given in K&R 2nd Ed. A simple example is found at the end of this document Requirements ============ -PLY requires the use of Python 2.0 or greater. It should work on -just about any platform. +PLY requires the use of Python 2.1 or greater. However, you should +use the latest Python release if possible. It should work on just +about any platform. PLY has been tested with both CPython and Jython. +However, it does not seem to work with IronPython. Resources ========= - More information about PLY can be obtained on the PLY webpage at: - http://systems.cs.uchicago.edu/ply + http://www.dabeaz.com/ply For a detailed overview of parsing theory, consult the excellent book "Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Tools" by Aho, Sethi, and Ullman. The topics found in "Lex & Yacc" by Levine, Mason, and Brown may also be useful. -Given that this is the first release, I welcome your comments on how -to improve the current implementation. See the TODO file for things that -still need to be done. +A Google group for PLY can be found at + + http://groups.google.com/group/ply-hack Acknowledgments =============== - A special thanks is in order for all of the students in CS326 who suffered through about 25 different versions of these tools :-). +The CHANGES file acknowledges those who have contributed patches. + +Elias Ioup did the first implementation of LALR(1) parsing in PLY-1.x. +Andrew Waters and Markus Schoepflin were instrumental in reporting bugs +and testing a revised LALR(1) implementation for PLY-2.0. + +Special Note for PLY-2.x +======================== +PLY-2.0 is the first in a series of PLY releases that will be adding a +variety of significant new features. The first release in this series +(Ply-2.0) should be 100% compatible with all previous Ply-1.x releases +except for the fact that Ply-2.0 features a correct implementation of +LALR(1) table generation. + +If you have suggestions for improving PLY in future 2.x releases, please +contact me. - Dave + Example ======= -Here is a simple example showing a PLY implementation of a calculator with variables. +Here is a simple example showing a PLY implementation of a calculator +with variables. # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # calc.py @@ -160,14 +181,14 @@ t_ignore = " \t" def t_newline(t): r'\n+' - t.lineno += t.value.count("\n") + t.lexer.lineno += t.value.count("\n") def t_error(t): print "Illegal character '%s'" % t.value[0] - t.skip(1) + t.lexer.skip(1) # Build the lexer -import lex +import ply.lex as lex lex.lex() # Precedence rules for the arithmetic operators @@ -180,48 +201,48 @@ precedence = ( # dictionary of names (for storing variables) names = { } -def p_statement_assign(t): +def p_statement_assign(p): 'statement : NAME EQUALS expression' - names[t[1]] = t[3] + names[p[1]] = p[3] -def p_statement_expr(t): +def p_statement_expr(p): 'statement : expression' - print t[1] + print p[1] -def p_expression_binop(t): +def p_expression_binop(p): '''expression : expression PLUS expression | expression MINUS expression | expression TIMES expression | expression DIVIDE expression''' - if t[2] == '+' : t[0] = t[1] + t[3] - elif t[2] == '-': t[0] = t[1] - t[3] - elif t[2] == '*': t[0] = t[1] * t[3] - elif t[2] == '/': t[0] = t[1] / t[3] + if p[2] == '+' : p[0] = p[1] + p[3] + elif p[2] == '-': p[0] = p[1] - p[3] + elif p[2] == '*': p[0] = p[1] * p[3] + elif p[2] == '/': p[0] = p[1] / p[3] -def p_expression_uminus(t): +def p_expression_uminus(p): 'expression : MINUS expression %prec UMINUS' - t[0] = -t[2] + p[0] = -p[2] -def p_expression_group(t): +def p_expression_group(p): 'expression : LPAREN expression RPAREN' - t[0] = t[2] + p[0] = p[2] -def p_expression_number(t): +def p_expression_number(p): 'expression : NUMBER' - t[0] = t[1] + p[0] = p[1] -def p_expression_name(t): +def p_expression_name(p): 'expression : NAME' try: - t[0] = names[t[1]] + p[0] = names[p[1]] except LookupError: - print "Undefined name '%s'" % t[1] - t[0] = 0 + print "Undefined name '%s'" % p[1] + p[0] = 0 -def p_error(t): - print "Syntax error at '%s'" % t.value +def p_error(p): + print "Syntax error at '%s'" % p.value -import yacc +import ply.yacc as yacc yacc.yacc() while 1: @@ -232,16 +253,24 @@ while 1: yacc.parse(s) +Bug Reports and Patches +======================= +Because of the extremely specialized and advanced nature of PLY, I +rarely spend much time working on it unless I receive very specific +bug-reports and/or patches to fix problems. I also try to incorporate +submitted feature requests and enhancements into each new version. To +contact me about bugs and/or new features, please send email to +dave@dabeaz.com. +In addition there is a Google group for discussing PLY related issues at + http://groups.google.com/group/ply-hack + +-- Dave - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3