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How can I generate an AST?

Loup Vaillant
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        Massimiliano Brocchini
        
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        Loup Vaillant
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From:	Daniel de Rauglaudre <daniel.de_rauglaudre@i...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] How can I generate an AST?

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 07:39:50PM +0200, Loup Vaillant wrote:

> I would like to write a preprocessor of my own (to make a lisp
> syntax). In the process, I am slowly catching up with the Ocaml AST.

If you just need a Lisp syntax, you can use Camlp5 which proposes a
Lisp syntax among its parsing kits:
   http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ddr/camlp5/doc/html/scheme.html

Perhaps (probably) incomplete, but you can complete or fix it if you
want.

If you are interested on the fact of *programming* yourself a new
syntax, use Camlp5: make your parser generating Camlp5 AST and the
rest (dumping syntax tree) is already done by Camlp5. See the doc
or ask who knows for hints (me or other).

-- 
Daniel de Rauglaudre
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ddr/