Package: libparse-recdescent-perl (1.96.0+dfsg-1)

generates recursive-descent parsers in Perl

The Perl module Parse::RecDescent, incrementally generates top-down recursive-descent text parsers from simple yacc-like grammar specifications. It provides:

  * Regular expressions or literal strings as terminals (tokens),
  * Multiple (non-contiguous) productions for any rule,
  * Repeated, optional and alternate sub-rules within productions,
  * Late-bound (run-time dispatched) sub-rules
  * Full access to Perl within actions specified as part of the grammar,
  * Simple automated error reporting during parser generation and parsing,
  * The ability to commit to, uncommit to, or reject particular productions
    during a parse,
  * Incremental extension of the parsing grammar (even during a parse),
  * The ability to retrieve the generated parsing code.