Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-15 Thread Markus Wanner
Dear Debian developers, On 04/15/2012 04:15 AM, Miles Bader wrote: > In my experience, "EBNF" and "LL"/"SLR"/"LALR" are widely known (they > are "classic compiler terms"), for the type of person who might be > interested in parser generators, but "GLR" isn't. Thank you all for your feedback on th

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Miles Bader
Adam Borowski writes: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:22:06AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: >> >GLR means "Generalized Left-to-right Rightmost deviation parser" >> >or maybe "Generalized LR parser". EBNF is the Extended Backus–Naur >> >Form. Acronyms like these - i.e. LL, LL(k), SLR, LALR - are pretty >

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Adam Borowski > I can't really imagine someone writing a parser using such tools without > having heard these acronyms first, though. And I'd risk saying they are > actually more widely known than their expansions. I've written parsers (using bison, though) and can't recall having heard the

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Markus Wanner
On 04/14/2012 01:12 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > I can't really imagine someone writing a parser using such tools without > having heard these acronyms first, though. And I'd risk saying they are > actually more widely known than their expansions. Yeah, that's why I think the acronyms must be inclu

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Markus Wanner
Hi, On 04/14/2012 11:22 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Sure, they are also much more common than GLR. And if you are "just" > interested in parsing and not a computer scientists, there's a chance > you've never heard about any of them. Based on two votes for extending the acronyms, I propose to change t

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:22:06AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Markus Wanner , 2012-04-14, 10:45: > >>I would like to suggest to explicit the "GLR", "RPF", and > >>perhaps "EBNF" acronyms in the long description. > > > >GLR means "Generalized Left-to-right Rightmost deviation parser" > >or maybe "

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Markus Wanner , 2012-04-14, 10:45: I would like to suggest to explicit the "GLR", "RPF", and perhaps "EBNF" acronyms in the long description. Thanks for your suggestions. GLR means "Generalized Left-to-right Rightmost deviation parser" or maybe "Generalized LR parser". EBNF is the Extended

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-14 Thread Markus Wanner
Dear Charles, On 04/14/2012 05:37 AM, Charles Plessy wrote: > I would like to suggest to explicit the "GLR", "RPF", and perhaps "EBNF" > acronyms in the long description. Thanks for your suggestions. GLR means "Generalized Left-to-right Rightmost deviation parser" or maybe "Generalized LR parser

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-13 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:37:00 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: > > * Package name: dparser > > Description : a scannerless GLR parser generator > > DParser is a scannerless GLR parser generator based on the Tomita > > algorithm. It is self-hosted and very easy to use. Grammars are

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-13 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:00:52PM +0200, Markus Wanner a écrit : > > * Package name: dparser > Description : a scannerless GLR parser generator > > DParser is a scannerless GLR parser generator based on the Tomita > algorithm. It is self-hosted and very easy to use. Grammars are > w

Bug#668556: ITP: dparser -- a scannerless GLR parser generator

2012-04-12 Thread Markus Wanner
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Markus Wanner * Package name: dparser Version : 1.26 Upstream Author : John Bradley Plevyak * URL : http://dparser.sourceforge.net/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: C and Python Description : a scannerless GLR p