SPUG: parsing Perl from Perl...
dancerboy
dancerboy at strangelight.com
Tue Nov 6 22:32:04 CST 2001
So, I have a few applications in which I need to parse (but *not*
compile or execute) Perl code. With all of Perl's built-in features
for self-reflection, I would have thought that there would be a
module that did this, but I can't seem to find one.
If necessary, of course, it wouldn't be that difficult simply to code
a Perl parser from scratch, using regexp's and event streams and all
the rest of it... but I'm trying not to reinvent the wheel here.
I kind of get this feeling that I'm missing something obvious here.
Any suggestions?
-jason
P.S. Since it might not be exactly clear what I mean by "parsing",
let me give a couple of examples of the sorts of applications I mean.
1. A syntax-coloring script, that turns Perl source into syntax-colored HTML.
2. A pre-processor that enforces slightly stricter syntax than that
of the normal Perl compiler. (Specifically, not allowing named
subroutines to be defined inside blocks of code.)
And other stuff along those lines...
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