honu
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A parser for `honu' syntax
Honu syntax resembles Java, instead of Scheme. Like Scheme, however, Honu has no fixed syntax. Honu supports extensibility through macros and a base syntax of H-expressions, which are analogous to S-expressions.
Ignoring whitespace, an H-expression is either
#; followed by two H-expressions#hx followed by an H-expression#sx followed by an S-expressionWhitespace for H-expressions is as in Scheme: any character for which char-whitespace? returns true counts as a whitespace.
The syntax for Honu numbers is the same as for Java. The S-expression encoding of a particular H-expression number is the obvious Scheme number.
The syntax for Honu identifiers is the union of Java identifiers plus semicolon (;), comma (,), and a set of operator identifiers. An operator identifier is any combination of the following characters:
+ - _ = ? : < > . ! % ^ & * / ~ |
The S-expression encoding of an H-expression identifier is the obvious Scheme symbol.
Input is parsed to form maximally long identifiers. For example, the input int->int; is parsed as four H-expressions:int, ->, int, and ;.
The syntax for an H-expression string is exactly the same as for an S-expression string, and an H-expression string is represented by the obvious Scheme string.
The syntax for an H-expression character is the same as for an H-expression string that has a single content character, except that a single quote (') surrounds the character instead of double quotes ("). The S-expression representation of an H-expression character is the obvious Scheme character.
A parenthesized (), bracketed [], or braced {} H-expression sequence is represented by a Scheme list. The first element of the list is #%parens for a paremnthesized sequence,#%brackets for a brackets sequence, or #%braces for a braced sequence. The remaining elements are the Scheme representation for the parenthesized, bracketed, or braced H-expressions in order.
An H-expression comment starts with either // or /*. In the former case, the comment runs until a linefeed orreturn. In the second case, the comment runs until */, but /* .... */ comments can be nested. Comments are treated likewhitespace.
#; starts an H-expression comment, as in Scheme. It is followed by an H-expression to be treated as white. Note that #; is equivalent to #sx#;#hx.
Reads a single honu expression from PORT, which defaults to the value of (current-input-port). If SHOW-LINE-NUMBERS is given and true, then parsing errors will report the offending line-number (as obtained by port-position).
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