# nom-greedyerror
Custom error type of [nom](https://github.com/Geal/nom) to take a deepest error.
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[](https://docs.rs/nom-greedyerror)
The default error types of nom ( `(I, ErrorKind)` and `VerboseError` ) take a last challenged error at `alt` combinator.
Alternatively `GreedyError` of nom-greedyerror take a deepest error.
## Requirement
nom must be 5.0.0 or later.
## Usage
```Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
nom-greedyerror = "0.1.1"
```
## Example
```rust
use super::*;
use nom::branch::alt;
use nom::character::complete::{alpha1, digit1};
use nom::error::{ParseError, VerboseError};
use nom::sequence::tuple;
use nom::IResult;
use nom_locate::LocatedSpan;
type Span<'a> = LocatedSpan<&'a str>;
fn parser<'a, E: ParseError<Span<'a>>>(
input: Span<'a>,
) -> IResult<Span<'a>, (Span<'a>, Span<'a>, Span<'a>), E> {
alt((
tuple((alpha1, digit1, alpha1)),
tuple((digit1, alpha1, digit1)),
))(input)
}
#[test]
fn test() {
// VerboseError failed at
// abc012:::
// ^
let error = parser::<VerboseError<Span>>(Span::new("abc012:::"));
match error {
Err(nom::Err::Error(e)) => {
assert_eq!(e.errors.first().map(|x| x.0.position()), Some(0))
}
_ => (),
};
// GreedyError failed at
// abc012:::
// ^
let error = parser::<GreedyError<Span>>(Span::new("abc012:::"));
match error {
Err(nom::Err::Error(e)) => assert_eq!(error_position(&e), Some(6)),
_ => (),
};
}
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally
submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0
license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or
conditions.