Using a parser generator in next generation VCL compiler

[Marcus Rueckert]

On 2006-12-22 16:05:02 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20061222151313.GB3344 at pixel.global-banlist.de>, Marcus Rueckert wri
> tes:
> 
> >> YACC generated grammers and LEX generated lexers have horrible
> >> error detection and reporting.
> >
> >did you look at ragel: http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/thurston/ragel/ ?
> >a real life example: http://rubyforge.org/viewvc/trunk/ext/http11/?root=mongrel
> 
> No I didn't, because I also don't want Varnish to depend on everything
> and the kitchensink :-)

does it really matter whether you depend on the generated source of
lex/yacc or ragel?:)
you can run the ragel when creating a new release so you dont need ragel
on the build hosts.

    darix

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