I'm trying to use SableCC to generate a Parser for models, which I call LAM. LAM in itself are simple, and a simple grammar (where I omit a lot of things) for these is:
L := 0 | (x,y) | F(x1,...,xn) | L || L | L ; L
I wrote this grammar:
Helpers
number = ['0' .. '9'] ;
letter = ['a' .. 'z'] ;
uletter = ['A' .. 'Z'] ;
Tokens
zero = '0' ;
comma = ',' ;
parallel = '||' ;
point = ';' ;
lpar = '(' ;
rpar = ')' ;
identifier = letter+ number* ;
uidentifier = uletter+ number* ;
Productions
expr = {term} term |
{parallel} expr parallel term |
{point} expr point term;
term = {parenthesis} lpar expr rpar |
{zero} zero |
{invk} uidentifier lpar paramlist rpar |
{pair} lpar [left]:identifier comma [right]:identifier rpar ;
paramlist = {list} list |
{empty} ;
list = {var} identifier |
{com} identifier comma list ;
This basically works, but there is a side effect: it is left associative. For example, if I have
L = L1 || L2 ; L3 || L4
Then it is parsed like:
L = ((L1 || L2) ; L3) || L4
I want to give all precedence to the ";" operator, and so have L parsed like
L = (L1 || L2) ; (L3 || L4)
(other things, like "||", could remains left-associative)
My questions are:
It is accepted also "RTFM link" :-D Thank you all
You need to create a hierarchy of rules that matches the desired operator precedence.
expr = {subexp} subexp |
{parallel} subexp parallel expr ;
subexp = {term} term |
{point} term point subexp;
Note that I also changed the associativity.