On Sep 18, 9:04 am, Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > True.  I've been looking forward to somebody rewriting the preparse
> > (...)
> > function for a long time.  Much to my surprise nobody has.  I don't
> > think
> > anybody has even tried, though people have suggested they would try
> > on a few occasions.
>
> I did!  In the end, I never was able to parse K.<x> = ... to my
> satisfaction, so I abandoned it.

Could you post a short summary about what you did (what library /
approach
used, considered, etc.), and why you weren't
happy with it, etc.,?   It would be really helpful to whoever actually
tries
to do something with:

   http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/689

Thanks!

> I also used a parser combinator library that was pretty crufty and
> probably wasn't suitable for SAGE, and I wasn't in the mood to write
> my own combinator library.

What does "parser combinator library" mean?  It sounds like Klingon to
me.

William


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