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Pslr(1): Pseudo-Scannerless Minimal Lr(1) For The Deterministic Parsing Of Composite Languages, Joel Denny
Pslr(1): Pseudo-Scannerless Minimal Lr(1) For The Deterministic Parsing Of Composite Languages, Joel Denny
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Composite languages are composed of multiple sub-languages. Examples include the parser specification languages read by parser generators like Yacc, modern extensible languages with complex layers of domain-specific sub-languages, and even traditional programming languages like C and C++. In this dissertation, we describe PSLR(1), a new scanner-based LR(1) parser generation system that automatically eliminates scanner conflicts typically caused by language composition. The fundamental premise of PSLR(1) is the pseudo-scanner, a scanner that only recognizes tokens accepted by the current parser state. However, use of the pseudo-scanner raises several unique challenges, for which we describe a novel set of solutions. One major …