On Jun-26, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > I am currently completing work on an extensible regex-specific parsing > module, Regexp::Parser. It should appear on CPAN by early July (hopefully > under my *new* CPAN ID "JAPHY"). > > Once it is completed, I will be starting work on writing a subclass that > matches Perl 6 regexes, Regexp::Perl6 (or Perl6::Regexp, or > Perl6::Regexp::Parser). I think this might be of some use to the Perl 6 > dev crew, but I'm not sure how.
Sounds interesting, but I'm a bit confused about what it is. Clearly, it parses regexes, but what is the output? A parse tree? Tables and/or code that implement a matching engine for that regex? PIR? A training regimen that can be used to condition a monkey to push a "yes" or "no" button whenever you give it a banana with an input string inscribed on it? If it just parses the regex, then I would be interested in it for both languages/regex and languages/perl6. If it does more, then you're on your own, because it's been difficult enough to graft the current regex engine onto the languages/perl6 code; I have no problems with someone doing the same for a different engine, but I'm not going to be the one! Also, I find that regex stack overflows can sometimes trigger the monkey to begin wildly throwing feces, and I've no desire to experience that again.
