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dandy7230-Jan-20 10:34
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RantEncapsulation, is it so hard? Pin
honey the codewitch29-Jan-20 23:26
mvahoney the codewitch29-Jan-20 23:26 
Please when you write parsers, separate your parsing logic from the rest of your app's logic so the app's main code isn't actually tied directly to your parser's grammar!

I mean, I get there's going to be some intermingling between different areas of your code

but when I crack open a project, and I find a codebase where every section of the app is intimately tied to every other section of the app it's really frustrating.

For example, the parser in this case returns LexSpan classes which hold a text buffer, and start and end positions within that buffer. Great for parsing, so you know where your fragments of text are.

But then when you build say, your Regex syntax tree with it, DO NOT use LexSpans as your member fields! unpack the values therein for witch's sake!

Now if i want to implement a different parser i have to completely tear apart the app's core logic.

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