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author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2016-10-20 15:33:39 +0200 |
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committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2016-11-04 09:26:33 +0200 |
commit | ea9d28c0e5fe16d5a0ade210f40cb98ea191d318 (patch) | |
tree | a7a3bc27a258d476d28220bcf0e6b7932f42d622 /build2/lexer | |
parent | cf4af1e966c5f005d5cb4b4080a9e11c106982bd (diff) |
Use special mode for attribute lexing
Diffstat (limited to 'build2/lexer')
-rw-r--r-- | build2/lexer | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/build2/lexer b/build2/lexer index df8c852..f0a0fa6 100644 --- a/build2/lexer +++ b/build2/lexer @@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ namespace build2 // characters (e.g., '+', '=') as special so that we can use them in the // variable values, e.g., 'foo = g++'. In contrast, in the variable mode, we // restrict certain character (e.g., '/') from appearing in the name. The - // eval mode is used in the evaluation context. Quoted are internal modes - // and should not be set explicitly. + // attribute mode is like value except it doesn't treat '{' and '}' as + // special (so we cannot have name groups in attributes). The eval mode is + // used in the evaluation context. Quoted are internal modes and should not + // be set explicitly. // // Note that the normal, value, and eval modes split words separated by the // pair character (to disable pairs one can pass '\0' as a pair character). // - // The alternnative modes must be set manually. The value mode is - // automatically reset after the end of the line. The variable mode is reset - // after the word token. And the eval mode is reset after the closing ')'. + // The alternnative modes must be set manually. The value mode automatically + // expires after the end of the line. The attribute mode expires after the + // closing ']'. The variable mode expires after the word token. And the eval + // mode expires after the closing ')'. // // Note that normally it is only safe to switch mode when the current token // is not quoted (or, more generally, when you are not in the double-quoted @@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ namespace build2 normal = base_type::value_next, variable, value, + attribute, eval, single_quoted, double_quoted, |