What is lapg?
Lapg is the combined lexical analyzer and parser generator, which converts a
description for a context-free LALR grammar into source file to parse the
grammar. The generated parser accepts zero-terminated text, breaks it into
tokens and applies given rules to reduce the input to the main non-terminal
symbol. Lapg can be used in a wide range of tasks. It may be a simple string
parser or a complicated compiler like C++.
Why use lapg?
Lapg is user-friendly replacement of yacc and lex. It uses templates for parser
generation, supports 5 languages and can be adapted for any language you like.
Features:
- Understands context-free LALR grammars with L-attributes
- Provides readable grammar ambiguities reports
- Supports error recovery, operator precedence
- Generates code for C, C++, C#, Java and Javascript
- Generated source doesn't require specific runtime
- Lexem patterns are specified using regular expressions
- Tokenizer supports modes, which limit sets of tokens considered for a match
- Has option to generate default grammar for chosen target language
- Works very fast
License
The Lapg package is released under GPL license.
Project is hosted by SourceForge.
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