shrimple-parser 0.0.8

Zero-dependency library with no-std support for writing parsers in a concise functional style & with rich error-reporting.

Every parser is a function that maps an [Input]. Parsers can match on [Pattern]s.

The basic form of the function is

use shrimple_parser::{Input, ParsingResult};

fn parse_foo<In: Input>(input: In) -> ParsingResult<In, Foo, FooParseError> { ... }

If the parser is infallible, i.e. never returns an unrecoverable error, it's customary to make it generic over the reason type, to make combining it easier.

fn parse_foo<In: Input, Reason>(input: In) -> ParsingResult<In, Foo, Reason> { ... }

Kinds of errors are distinguished via a user-defined Reason type, which signals what did a parser expect. A [ParsingError] can also have no reason, which will mean that the error is recoverable.

Some built-in parsers can have [core::convert::Infallible] as their error reason, which means that any error the parser may ever return is recoverable.

The distinction between recoverable & fatal errors is important for parsers that need to try multiple options.

Error reporting with precise location in the source is facilitated by constructing a [FullParsingError] with methods such as [Parser::with_full_error], [ParsingError::with_src_loc]