[antlr-interest] Parsing a little at a time?

[Benjamin Niemann]

Hi Rick,

Rick Mann wrote:

> I posted this question once already, but got no response. Let me try
> rewording it.
> 
> I'd like to parse input as I get it from the user, a line at a time.
> Is this possible? Can I pass a string to the parser, and then have it
> return without error, even if the input is incomplete? Then I'd pass
> another string to the same parser instance, etc. Eventually, I'd like
> the parser to return an indication that it completed some work
> (although, in my case, I don't really even need that).
> 
> I'm about to try the experiment, but I'd hoped to know ahead of time.
> Maybe the API docs say...

ANTLR3 does not support this yet. There have been plans for this and it may
appear in a later release. Search the list for 'incremential parsing' for
past discussions.

HTH

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Benjamin Niemann
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