Re: [tap] ANNOUNCE: TAP::Spec::Parser - a TAP parser based on the draft grammar

[Michael G Schwern <[e-mail]>]

On 2010.6.28 1:07 AM, Andrew Rodland wrote:
> Per Schwern's request at YAPC, I've written a parser based on the grammar in 
> the IETF draft standard 
> <http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/TAP_at_IETF:_Draft_Standard> to help 
> make sure that it's correct and well-exercised. The code is at 
> http://github.com/arodland/TAP-Spec-Parser and it's currently in a working 
> alpha state. It uses a Regexp::Grammars grammar, with the relevant portions of 
> the spec grammar interleaved in comments.

Awesome!  I've done some work on it by adding minimal specification tests so
you can write tests as TAP and how its to be interpreted.

There were a pile of these written in Oslo and I always forget where they
wound up.  Anyone remember?


> Current TODOs for TAP::Spec::Parser:
> * Implement skipping "junk" lines.
> * (Optionally?) remove the '' key (which stores the entire matched text) from 
>   result hashes.

I'd keep it in.  Its handy for debugging.  Make it a less cryptic name.
"raw_text" maybe.


> Draft grammar issues identified so far:
> * The Description rule doesn't make any mention of the optional "-" SP at the
>   beginning of the description (discussed with Schwern).
> * Plan-Todo looks like it should have SP before "todo".

Please edit the draft as you find issues with the grammar.


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