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Parser Operators

Expression

Attribute

Description

!a

Unused

Not predicate. If the predicate a matches, fail. Otherwise, return a zero length match.

&a

Unused

And predicate. If the predicate a matches, return a zero length match. Otherwise, fail.

-a

optional<A>

Optional. Parse a zero or one time

*a

vector<A>

Kleene. Parse a zero or more times

+a

vector<A>

Plus. Parse a one or more times

a | b

variant<A, B>

Alternative. Parse a or b

a >> b

tuple<A, B>

Sequence. Parse a followed by b

a > b

tuple<A, B>

Expect. Parse a followed by b. b is expected to match when a matches, otherwise, an expectation_failure is thrown.

a - b

A

Difference. Parse a but not b

a || b

tuple< optional<A>, optional<B> >

Sequential Or. Parse a or b or a followed by b

a % b

vector<A>

List. Parse a delimited b one or more times

a ^ b

tuple< optional<A>, optional<B> >

Permutation. Parse a or b or a followed by b or b followed by a.


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