lexgen 0.16.0

A fully-featured lexer generator implemented as a proc macro
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mod test_utils;

use lexgen::lexer;
use lexgen_util::{LexerError, LexerErrorKind};
use test_utils::{loc, next};

#[test]
fn failure_confusion_1() {
    // The bug: in the lexer below, when the input is "\\\"", the first backslash would be pushed
    // to the string buffer by the catch-all (now called "failure") case. The correct behaviour is
    // the failure case should only run if none of the other rules match to completion.

    #[derive(Debug, Default)]
    struct LexerState {
        buf: String,
    }

    lexer! {
        Lexer(LexerState) -> String;

        let whitespace = [' ' '\t' '\n'];

        '"' => |lexer| {
            println!("matched a double quote");
            let str = std::mem::take(&mut lexer.state().buf);
            lexer.return_(str)
        },

        "\\\"" => |lexer| {
            println!("matched an escaped double quote");
            lexer.state().buf.push('"');
            lexer.continue_()
        },

        _ => |lexer| {
            let char = lexer.match_().chars().next_back().unwrap();
            println!("wildcard matched {:?}", char);
            lexer.state().buf.push(char);
            lexer.continue_()
        },
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("test\"");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("test".to_owned())));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("\\\"\"");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("\"".to_owned())));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn failure_confusion_2() {
    // Similar to the bug above: the failure case should run if none of the other rules match to
    // completion.

    #[derive(Debug, Default)]
    struct LexerState {
        comment_depth: usize,
    }

    lexer! {
        Lexer(LexerState) -> ();


        rule Init {
            ' ',

            "(*" => |lexer| {
                lexer.state().comment_depth = 1;
                lexer.switch(LexerRule::Comment)
            },
        }

        rule Comment {
            "(*" => |lexer| {
                let depth = &mut lexer.state().comment_depth;
                *depth += 1;
                lexer.continue_()
            },

            "*)" => |lexer| {
                let depth = &mut lexer.state().comment_depth;
                if *depth == 1 {
                    lexer.switch(LexerRule::Init)
                } else {
                    *depth -= 1;
                    lexer.continue_()
                }
            },

            _,
        }
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("(* * *) (* (* ** *) *)");
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn failure_confusion_3_1() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> usize;

        ' ' = 0,
        "ab" = 1,
        _ = 2,
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("a ab abc");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(2)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(0)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(1)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(0)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(1)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(2)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn failure_confusion_3_2() {
    // In practice the case we test in the previous test happens when lexing single-letter
    // identifiers in a lexer that allows multi-letter identifiers (i.e. practically all language
    // lexers). Here's a more realistic example:
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> usize;

        $$ascii_lowercase+ = 1,
        ',' = 2,
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("f,");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(1)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(2)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn failure_confusion_4() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> u32;

        ' ',
        "aaa" = 1,
        "aa" = 2,
        _ = 3,
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aaa aa a");

    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(1)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(2)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok(3)));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn continue_confusion_1() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> u32;

        _,
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("");
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("a");
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aaa");
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn continue_confusion_2() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> u32;

        rule Init {
            _ => |lexer| lexer.switch(LexerRule::Test),
        }

        // Previously failure code would run on end-of-stream, which resets the state to `Test` and
        // continues, causing a loop.
        //
        // This issue does not exist in `Init` as we explicitly handle EOF there, to stop the main
        // loop.
        //
        // Instead end-of-stream in a state other than `Init` should fail with "unexpected EOF".
        rule Test {
            _,
        }
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("a");
    assert!(matches!(lexer.next(), Some(Err(_))));

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aa");
    assert!(matches!(lexer.next(), Some(Err(_))));
}

#[test]
fn return_should_reset_match() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> &'input str;

        rule Init {
            "aaa" => |lexer| {
                let match_ = lexer.match_();
                lexer.switch_and_return(LexerRule::State1, match_)
            },
        }

        rule State1 {
            "bbb" => |lexer| {
                let match_ = lexer.match_();
                lexer.switch_and_return(LexerRule::Init, match_)
            },
        }
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aaabbb");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("aaa")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("bbb")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn issue_16_backtracking_1() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> &'input str;

        'a'+ 'b' => |lexer| {
            let match_ = lexer.match_();
            lexer.return_(match_)
        },

        'a' => |lexer| {
            let match_ = lexer.match_();
            lexer.return_(match_)
        },
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aaaab");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("aaaab")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aaaa");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("a")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("a")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("a")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("a")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn issue_16_backtracking_2() {
    fn return_match<'input, I: Iterator<Item = char> + Clone>(
        lexer: &mut Lexer<'input, I>,
    ) -> lexgen_util::SemanticActionResult<&'input str> {
        let match_ = lexer.match_();
        lexer.return_(match_)
    }

    lexer! {
        Lexer -> &'input str;

        "xyzxyz" => return_match,
        "xyz" => return_match,
        "xya" => return_match,
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("xyzxya");
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("xyz")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), Some(Ok("xya")));
    assert_eq!(next(&mut lexer), None);
}

#[test]
fn end_of_input_handling() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> (usize, &'input str);

        rule Init {
            'a' => |lexer| {
                let match_ = lexer.match_();
                lexer.switch_and_return(LexerRule::Rule1, (0, match_))
            },
        }

        rule Rule1 {
            $,

            'a' => |lexer| {
                let match_ = lexer.match_();
                lexer.return_((1, match_))
            },
        }
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("aa");
    assert_eq!(
        lexer.next(),
        Some(Ok((loc(0, 0, 0), (0, "a"), loc(0, 1, 1))))
    );
    assert_eq!(
        lexer.next(),
        Some(Ok((loc(0, 1, 1), (1, "a"), loc(0, 2, 2))))
    );
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn empty_rule_simpification_issue_27() {
    // Tests that:
    //
    // 1. Simplifier doesn't eliminate empty (i.e. no outgoing transitions) initial states without
    //    incoming transitions. Since initial states can be switched to in semantic actions we
    //    cannot know that we won't ever switch to them, so we cannot eliminate them.
    //
    // 2. When running a semantic action we reset `last_match` so if the next state is empty we
    //    fail, instead of backtracking.

    lexer! {
        Lexer -> &'input str;

        rule Init {
            "0x" => |lexer| lexer.switch(LexerRule::HexInt),
            '0' => |lexer| lexer.switch(LexerRule::DecInt),
        }

        rule DecInt {
            _ => |lexer| lexer.return_("wat"),
        }

        rule HexInt {}
    }

    let mut lexer = Lexer::new("0xff");

    // This used to return `Some("wat")` with the bug
    assert_eq!(
        next(&mut lexer),
        Some(Err(LexerError {
            location: loc(0, 0, 0),
            kind: LexerErrorKind::InvalidToken,
        }))
    );
}

#[test]
fn range_any_overlap_issue_31() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> usize;

        "'" _ "'" = 1,
        "'" ['a'-'z']+ = 2,
    }

    let input = "'a'";
    let mut lexer = Lexer::new(input);
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), Some(Ok((loc(0, 0, 0), 1, loc(0, 3, 3)))));
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn failure_should_reset_state_issue_48() {
    lexer! {
        Lexer -> &'input str;

        rule Init {
            's' => |lexer|
                lexer.switch_and_return(LexerRule::InString, lexer.match_()),
        }

        rule InString {
            'a' => |lexer|
                lexer.switch_and_return(LexerRule::Init, lexer.match_()),
        }
    }

    let input = "sxasa";
    let mut lexer = Lexer::new(input);

    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), Some(Ok((loc(0, 0, 0), "s", loc(0, 1, 1)))));
    assert_eq!(
        lexer.next(),
        Some(Err(LexerError {
            location: loc(0, 1, 1),
            kind: LexerErrorKind::InvalidToken
        }))
    );
    assert_eq!(
        lexer.next(),
        Some(Err(LexerError {
            location: loc(0, 2, 2),
            kind: LexerErrorKind::InvalidToken
        }))
    );
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), Some(Ok((loc(0, 3, 3), "s", loc(0, 4, 4)))));
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), Some(Ok((loc(0, 4, 4), "a", loc(0, 5, 5)))));
    assert_eq!(lexer.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn new_methods_no_default() {
    // #54: `new_with_state` and `new_from_iter_with_state` shouldn't require state to implement
    // `Default`

    struct UserState {}

    lexer! {
        Lexer(UserState) -> ();

        $ = (),
    }

    Lexer::new_with_state("", UserState {});
    Lexer::new_from_iter_with_state(std::iter::empty(), UserState {});
}

#[test]
fn new_methods_default() {
    // #54: `new` and `new_from_iter` should work with user state that implements `Default`

    #[derive(Default)]
    struct UserState {}

    lexer! {
        Lexer(UserState) -> ();

        $ = (),
    }

    Lexer::new("");
    Lexer::new_from_iter(std::iter::empty());
}