pydsl 0.5.2

DESCRIPTION
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pydsl is a language library written in python. It provides some verbs for Grammars.

from pydsl.file.BNF import load_bnf_file
grammardefinition = loand_bnf_file('myfile.bnf')
grammardefinition.alphabet # Returns the alphabet used by this grammar
grammardefinition.minsize
grammardefinition.maxsize
grammardefinition.enumerate # Returns a generator that generates every accepted word

from pydsl.check import check
check(grammardefinition,'mystring') # returns True or False

from pydsl.parser import parse
parse(grammardefinition,'mystring') # returns a ParseTree

from pydsl.extract import extract
extract(grammardefinition,'abcmystringabc') # returns ('mystring',3,11)

FORMATS
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Functions
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| Format |Check|Match|Search|Split|Extract|Translate|Validate|Diff|
| ------- |:---:|-----|------|-----|:-----:|:-------:|:------:|----|
| BNF | V | | | |V | Parse | V | |
| regexp | V | | | |V | X | | |
| ply | V | | | |V | V | | |
| parsley | V | | | |V | V | | |
|pyparsing| V | | | |V | | | |

Properties
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| Format |First|Min|Max|Enumerate|
| ------- |:---:|---|---|---------|
| BNF | V | | | |
| regexp | | | | |
| ply | | | | |
| parsley | | | | |
|pyparsing| | | | |


INSTALLATION
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* disttools:
* python3 setup.py install
* pip:
* pip install pydsl

CONTRIBUTIONS
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* check existing issues: https://github.com/nesaro/pydsl
* read the project's blog: http://pydsl.blogspot.co.uk
* pull requests :)


REQUIREMENTS
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* python >= 2.7
* optional: ply library ( http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/ )

ABOUT
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Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Nestor Arocha (nesaro@gmail.com)