the parser relies on some “monadic” programming idioms

basically, parser combinator (But 非常麻烦 in Coq)

Lex

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Inductive chartype := white | alpha | digit | other.

Definition classifyChar (c : ascii) : chartype :=
if isWhite c then white
else if isAlpha c then alpha
else if isDigit c then digit
else other.


Definition token := string.

Syntax

带 error msg 的 option:

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Inductive optionE (X:Type) : Type :=
| SomeE (x : X)
| NoneE (s : string). (** w/ error msg **)

Arguments SomeE {X}.
Arguments NoneE {X}.

Monadic:

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Notation "' p <- e1 ;; e2"
:= (match e1 with
| SomeE p ⇒ e2
| NoneE err ⇒ NoneE err
end)
(right associativity, p pattern, at level 60, e1 at next level).

Notation "'TRY' ' p <- e1 ;; e2 'OR' e3"
:= (match e1 with
| SomeE p ⇒ e2
| NoneE _ ⇒ e3
end)
(right associativity, p pattern,
at level 60, e1 at next level, e2 at next level).
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Definition parser (T : Type) :=
list token → optionE (T * list token).
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newtype Parser a = Parser (String -> [(a,String)])

instance Monad Parser where
-- (>>=) :: Parser a -> (a -> Parser b) -> Parser b
p >>= f = P (\inp -> case parse p inp of
[] -> []
[(v,out)] -> parse (f v) out)

combinator many

Coq vs. Haskell

  1. explicit recursion depth, .e. step-indexed
  2. explicit exception optionE (in Haskell, it’s hidden behind the Parser Monad as [])
  3. explicit string state xs (in Haskell, it’s hidden behind the Parser Monad as String -> String)
  4. explicit accepted token (in Haskell, it’s hidden behind the Parser Monad as a, argument)
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Fixpoint many_helper {T} (p : parser T) acc steps xs :=
match steps, p xs with
| 0, _
NoneE "Too many recursive calls"
| _, NoneE _
SomeE ((rev acc), xs)
| S steps', SomeE (t, xs') ⇒
many_helper p (t :: acc) steps' xs'
end.

Fixpoint many {T} (p : parser T) (steps : nat) : parser (list T) :=
many_helper p [] steps.
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manyL :: Parser a -> Parser [a]
manyL p = many1L p <++ return [] -- left biased OR

many1L :: Parser a -> Parser [a]
many1L p = (:) <$> p <*> manyL p
-- or
many1L p = do x <- p
xs <- manyL p
return (x : xs)

ident

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Definition parseIdentifier (xs : list token) : optionE (string * list token) :=
match xs with
| [] ⇒ NoneE "Expected identifier"
| x::xs' ⇒ if forallb isLowerAlpha (list_of_string x)
then SomeE (x, xs')
else NoneE ("Illegal identifier:'" ++ x ++ "'")
end.
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ident :: Parser String
ident = do x <- lower
xs <- many alphanum
return (x:xs)