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diff --git a/solve/ply-2.2/README b/solve/ply-2.2/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d91e26c --- /dev/null +++ b/solve/ply-2.2/README @@ -0,0 +1,277 @@ +PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) Version 2.2 (November 1, 2006) + +David M. Beazley (dave@dabeaz.com) + +Copyright (C) 2001-2006 David M. Beazley + +This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public +License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either +version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + +This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU +Lesser General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public +License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + +See the file COPYING for a complete copy of the LGPL. + +Introduction +============ + +PLY is a 100% Python implementation of the common parsing tools lex +and yacc. Although several other parsing tools are available for +Python, there are several reasons why you might want to consider PLY: + + - The tools are very closely modeled after traditional lex/yacc. + If you know how to use these tools in C, you will find PLY + to be similar. + + - PLY provides *very* extensive error reporting and diagnostic + information to assist in parser construction. The original + implementation was developed for instructional purposes. As + a result, the system tries to identify the most common types + of errors made by novice users. + + - PLY provides full support for empty productions, error recovery, + precedence specifiers, and moderately ambiguous grammars. + + - Parsing is based on LR-parsing which is fast, memory efficient, + better suited to large grammars, and which has a number of nice + properties when dealing with syntax errors and other parsing problems. + Currently, PLY builds its parsing tables using the SLR algorithm which + is slightly weaker than LALR(1) used in traditional yacc. + + - PLY uses Python introspection features to build lexers and parsers. + This greatly simplifies the task of parser construction since it reduces + the number of files and eliminates the need to run a separate lex/yacc + tool before running your program. + + - PLY can be used to build parsers for "real" programming languages. + Although it is not ultra-fast due to its Python implementation, + PLY can be used to parse grammars consisting of several hundred + rules (as might be found for a language like C). The lexer and LR + parser are also reasonably efficient when parsing typically + sized programs. + +The original version of PLY was developed for an Introduction to +Compilers course where students used it to build a compiler for a +simple Pascal-like language. Their compiler had to include lexical +analysis, parsing, type checking, type inference, and generation of +assembly code for the SPARC processor. Because of this, the current +implementation has been extensively tested and debugged. In addition, +most of the API and error checking steps have been adapted to address +common usability problems. + +How to Use +========== + +PLY consists of two files : lex.py and yacc.py. These are contained +within the 'ply' directory which may also be used as a Python package. +To use PLY, simply copy the 'ply' directory to your project and import +lex and yacc from the associated 'ply' package. For example: + + import ply.lex as lex + import ply.yacc as yacc + +Alternatively, you can copy just the files lex.py and yacc.py +individually and use them as modules. For example: + + import lex + import yacc + +The file setup.py can be used to install ply using distutils. + +The file doc/ply.html contains complete documentation on how to use +the system. + +The example directory contains several different examples including a +PLY specification for ANSI C as given in K&R 2nd Ed. + +A simple example is found at the end of this document + +Requirements +============ +PLY requires the use of Python 2.0 or greater. It should work on +just about any platform. PLY has been tested with both CPython and +Jython. However, it does not work with IronPython. + +Resources +========= +More information about PLY can be obtained on the PLY webpage at: + + http://www.dabeaz.com/ply + +For a detailed overview of parsing theory, consult the excellent +book "Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Tools" by Aho, Sethi, and +Ullman. The topics found in "Lex & Yacc" by Levine, Mason, and Brown +may also be useful. + +A Google group for PLY can be found at + + http://groups.google.com/group/ply-hack + +Acknowledgments +=============== +A special thanks is in order for all of the students in CS326 who +suffered through about 25 different versions of these tools :-). + +The CHANGES file acknowledges those who have contributed patches. + +Elias Ioup did the first implementation of LALR(1) parsing in PLY-1.x. +Andrew Waters and Markus Schoepflin were instrumental in reporting bugs +and testing a revised LALR(1) implementation for PLY-2.0. + +Special Note for PLY-2.x +======================== +PLY-2.0 is the first in a series of PLY releases that will be adding a +variety of significant new features. The first release in this series +(Ply-2.0) should be 100% compatible with all previous Ply-1.x releases +except for the fact that Ply-2.0 features a correct implementation of +LALR(1) table generation. + +If you have suggestions for improving PLY in future 2.x releases, please +contact me. - Dave + +Example +======= + +Here is a simple example showing a PLY implementation of a calculator +with variables. + +# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# calc.py +# +# A simple calculator with variables. +# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +tokens = ( + 'NAME','NUMBER', + 'PLUS','MINUS','TIMES','DIVIDE','EQUALS', + 'LPAREN','RPAREN', + ) + +# Tokens + +t_PLUS = r'\+' +t_MINUS = r'-' +t_TIMES = r'\*' +t_DIVIDE = r'/' +t_EQUALS = r'=' +t_LPAREN = r'\(' +t_RPAREN = r'\)' +t_NAME = r'[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*' + +def t_NUMBER(t): + r'\d+' + try: + t.value = int(t.value) + except ValueError: + print "Integer value too large", t.value + t.value = 0 + return t + +# Ignored characters +t_ignore = " \t" + +def t_newline(t): + r'\n+' + t.lexer.lineno += t.value.count("\n") + +def t_error(t): + print "Illegal character '%s'" % t.value[0] + t.lexer.skip(1) + +# Build the lexer +import ply.lex as lex +lex.lex() + +# Precedence rules for the arithmetic operators +precedence = ( + ('left','PLUS','MINUS'), + ('left','TIMES','DIVIDE'), + ('right','UMINUS'), + ) + +# dictionary of names (for storing variables) +names = { } + +def p_statement_assign(p): + 'statement : NAME EQUALS expression' + names[p[1]] = p[3] + +def p_statement_expr(p): + 'statement : expression' + print p[1] + +def p_expression_binop(p): + '''expression : expression PLUS expression + | expression MINUS expression + | expression TIMES expression + | expression DIVIDE expression''' + if p[2] == '+' : p[0] = p[1] + p[3] + elif p[2] == '-': p[0] = p[1] - p[3] + elif p[2] == '*': p[0] = p[1] * p[3] + elif p[2] == '/': p[0] = p[1] / p[3] + +def p_expression_uminus(p): + 'expression : MINUS expression %prec UMINUS' + p[0] = -p[2] + +def p_expression_group(p): + 'expression : LPAREN expression RPAREN' + p[0] = p[2] + +def p_expression_number(p): + 'expression : NUMBER' + p[0] = p[1] + +def p_expression_name(p): + 'expression : NAME' + try: + p[0] = names[p[1]] + except LookupError: + print "Undefined name '%s'" % p[1] + p[0] = 0 + +def p_error(p): + print "Syntax error at '%s'" % p.value + +import ply.yacc as yacc +yacc.yacc() + +while 1: + try: + s = raw_input('calc > ') + except EOFError: + break + yacc.parse(s) + + +Bug Reports and Patches +======================= +Because of the extremely specialized and advanced nature of PLY, I +rarely spend much time working on it unless I receive very specific +bug-reports and/or patches to fix problems. I also try to incorporate +submitted feature requests and enhancements into each new version. To +contact me about bugs and/or new features, please send email to +dave@dabeaz.com. + +In addition there is a Google group for discussing PLY related issues at + + http://groups.google.com/group/ply-hack + +-- Dave + + + + + + + + + |
