ruby_parser version 3.4.0 has been released!

Published 2014-02-04 @ 19:18

ruby_parser (RP) is a ruby parser written in pure ruby (utilizing racc–which does by default use a C extension). RP’s output is the same as ParseTree’s output: s-expressions using ruby’s arrays and base types.

As an example:

def conditional1 arg1
  return 1 if arg1 == 0
  return 0
end

becomes:

s(:defn, :conditional1, s(:args, :arg1),
  s(:if,
    s(:call, s(:lvar, :arg1), :==, s(:lit, 0)),
    s(:return, s(:lit, 1)),
    nil),
  s(:return, s(:lit, 0)))

Tested against 801,039 files from the latest of all rubygems (as of 2013-05):

• 1.8 parser is at 99.9739% accuracy, 3.651 sigma
• 1.9 parser is at 99.9940% accuracy, 4.013 sigma
• 2.0 parser is at 99.9939% accuracy, 4.008 sigma

Changes:

3.4.0 / 2014-02-04

• 1 major enhancement:

  • Replaced hand-written/optimized f’d-up lexer with an oedipus_lex generated lexer. This makes it roughly 40-50% faster.

• 30 minor enhancements:

  • 2.0: Added support for a.b c() do d end.e do

    f

    g end

  • 2.0: Added support for a.b c() do d end.e f do

    g

    h end

  • Added -s flag to ruby_parse_extract_error to output timings.
  • Added RubyLexer #command_state and #last_state to deal with oedipus_lex differences.
  • Added String#lineno and #lineno= because I’m a bad bad person.
  • Added a bunch of RubyLexer scanning methods: beginning_of_line?, check, scan, etc.
  • Added a bunch of process_* methods extracted from old yylex. process_amper, etc.
  • Added lib/.document to save my laptop’s battery from pain and suffering
  • Adjust lineno when we lex a bunch of blank lines.
  • Attach lineno to tIDENTIFIER values (strings, ugh)
  • Cleaned up and re-ordered node_assign to be faster (ordered by actual occurrance).
  • Extend RubyParserStuff#gettable to set the lineno if it comes in with the id.
  • Extended RubyParserStuff#new_case to take line number.
  • Finally dropped RPStringScanner’s BS #current_line.
  • Finally dropped RPStringScanner’s BS line number calculation (lineno).
  • Implemented Sexp#add_all since we now have a test case for it.
  • Removed :call case of node_assign. I don’t think it is possible.
  • Removed RubyLexer #extra_lines_added. No longer used. Complex heredoc lineno’s possible screwed up.
  • Removed RubyLexer#parse_number. Handled by oedipus_lex.
  • Removed RubyLexer#yacc_value now that next_token returns pairs.
  • Removed RubyLexer’s @src. Now taken care of by oedipus_lex.
  • Removed RubyParser#advance. RubyParser#next_token takes care of everything now.
  • Removed RubyParserExtras#arg_add. (presidentbeef! YAY!)
  • Removed lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb. I just don’t use it anymore. Too slow.
  • RubyLexer#is_label_possible? doesn’t need an arg
  • RubyLexer#process_token is now a normal oedipal lexer method.
  • RubyParser#next_token now expects RubyLexer#next_token to return a pair (type, val).
  • TRYING a new scheme to figure out encodings… but I’m about to throw in the towel. I hate this stuff so much.
  • Turned off oedipus_lex’s automatic line counting. (pushing to oedipus_lex soon).
  • Updated to oedipus_lex 2.1+.

• 7 bug fixes:

  • 1.8: Properly parse a (:b, :c, :d => :e). (presidentbeef)
  • Fixed lexing symbol!= vs symbol!. Please use your spacebar. Think of the children.
  • Fixed line for dstr spanning multiple lines via backslash. (presidentbeef)
  • Fixed line numbers for odd cases with trailing whitespace. (presidentbeef)
  • Fixed line numbers on ambiguous calls w/ gvar/ivar args. (presidentbeef)
  • Max out unicode hex values to 2-4 or 2-6 chars or pack will overflow and puke.
  • Removed ESC_RE from RubyLexer. Must have slipped through.
• home: https://github.com/seattlerb/ruby_parser
• bugs: https://github.com/seattlerb/ruby_parser/issues
• rdoc: http://docs.seattlerb.org/ruby_parser