syntax.mli

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(*             Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt           *)
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(*   Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et     *)
(*     en Automatique.                                                    *)
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(* The shallow abstract syntax *)

type location = {
  loc_file : string;
  start_pos : int;
  end_pos : int;
  start_line : int;
  start_col : int;
}

type regular_expression =
    Epsilon
  | Characters of Cset.t
  | Eof
  | Sequence of regular_expression * regular_expression
  | Alternative of regular_expression * regular_expression
  | Repetition of regular_expression
  | Bind of regular_expression * (string * location)

type ('arg,'action) entry =
  {name:string ;
   shortest : bool ;
   args : 'arg ;
   clauses : (regular_expression * 'action) list}

type lexer_definition = {
  header: location;
  entrypoints: ((string list, location) entry) list;
  trailer: location;
  refill_handler : location option;
}