[antlr-interest] Previous rule element reference in a scope
Sam Harwell
sharwell at pixelminegames.com
Wed Apr 13 06:39:18 PDT 2011
I believe the following works, duplicating the CALL and ID nodes as it iterates in parallel over the tokens returned by '.' and trees returned by withRHS.
withStatement : 'With' ID (dot+='.' rhs+=withRHS)+ -> ^(CALL ID $dot $rhs)+;
Sam
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From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Graham Mer
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Subject: [antlr-interest] Previous rule element reference in a scope
Hello list,
I have a grammar that includes a "With" statement like the following:
With anObject
.method1()
.method2()
which is semantically equivalent to the following fragment:
anObject.method1()
anObject.method2()
During AST construction, I want to distribute 'anObject' to its subordinate method calls, so that I get a tree like the following:
^(CALL anObject.method1)
^(CALL anObject.method2)
This is a natural fit for a scope, but I'm not sure how to capture the 'anObject' reference in a scope.
If I have a recognizer grammar with the following rules, how do I capture the withStatement ID in a scope, and how do I insert that reference into the AST generated by memberCallStatement?
withStatement
scope{ // what do I store here to save my ID? }
: 'With' ID
;
memberCallStatement
: '.' ID '()' // how do i insert $scope::ID in my AST?
;
Also, are there any special precautions I need to take to avoid inserting loops in the AST, for example, do I need to make a new instance of the with object every time I duplicate it in the AST, or can I just re-use it? Is it best to use a String or my own Java object, or can I capture the thing that the recognizer generates directly?
I wish I could do essentially the following:
withStatement
scope{ Object id; }
: 'With'! id=ID!
;
memberCallStatement
: '.' ID '()' -> ^(CALL $withStatement::id '.' $ID)
;
I know that will give ANTLR a sad, but I hope it illustrates what I want to produce.
Thanks.
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