Ruby_parser 3.0.0.a3 Released

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ruby_parser version 3.0.0.a3 has been released!

ruby_parser (RP) is a ruby parser written in pure ruby (utilizing
racc–which does by default use a C extension). RP’s output is
the same as ParseTree’s output: s-expressions using ruby’s arrays and
base types.

As an example:

def conditional1(arg1)
if arg1 == 0 then
return 1
end
return 0
end

becomes:

s(:defn, :conditional1,
s(:args, :arg1),
s(:scope,
s(:block,
s(:if,
s(:call, s(:lvar, :arg1), :==, s(:arglist, s(:lit, 0))),
s(:return, s(:lit, 1)),
nil),
s(:return, s(:lit, 0)))))

Changes:

3.0.0.a3 / 2012-07-03

  • 1 major enhancement:

    • OMG! Implemented all the 1.9 arg crap and I went from 500 lines of
      structural diff to 32!

  • 17 minor enhancements:

    • 1.9: !(…) is now a method call. ugh
    • 1.9: Added ENCODING keyword (returns Unsupported atm).
    • 1.9: Added support for “a.()” thingy. whatever you call it. Have I
      ever mentioned that ruby has too much syntax? I mean really…
    • 1.9: Moved kRETURN/kBREAK/kNEXT from command_call to command
    • 1.9: Removed when_args and refactored into args production.
    • 1.9: Support for not/! being a call to #!. why matz? why?!?
    • 1.9: Support for trailing comma support in opt call args.
    • 1.9: Switched keyword support to deal with 1.8 vs 1.9 differences.
    • 1.9: refactored and created command_asgn
    • 1.9: removed case/else from primary
    • 1.9: reworked mlhs and family. Now horrible things like ‘a, *, c =
      f’ work
    • 1.9: reworked top level rules from program to expr. Lots of lame
      refactorings in mri.
    • Moved ‘a[]’ from primary down to method_call
    • Removed ‘args trailer’ production from assoc_list (eg {1, 2}).
    • Removed 1.9 support for : as a terminator in do/then
    • RubyParser no longer subclasses the 18 parser, so I had to change
      some consts around.
    • Undeprecated RubyParser - but now it is a compound parser that tries
      1.9 first.

  • 3 bug fixes:

    • 1.9: fixed bang method name.
    • Fixed case/when/splat handling on both 1.8 and 1.9.
    • Removed lambda_body production from lambda