comments for parser module

parse.scm

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ;;; Parser module building on comparse.
+;;; The function PARSE-LINE parses one line of text into symbols, quote-enclosed strings and numbers.
 
 (module parse (lift followed-by-consuming is-not parse-whitespace skip-whitespace parse-symbol parse-number parse-string followed-by-consuming separated-by parse-symbol-or-number-or-string completely-parse parse-statement parse-line)
   (import scheme)
@@ -8,50 +9,70 @@
   (import util)
   (import comparse)
 
+  ;; The set of all upper and lower case english letters.
   (define +letter-char-set+
     (string->char-set "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVwXYZ"))
 
+  ;; The set of all charactes allowed for symbols.
   (define +symbol-char-set+
     (char-set-union +letter-char-set+ (string->char-set "-0123456789")))
 
+  ;; This has been accepted into upstream comparse by Moritz Heidkamp but might not
+  ;; exist locally. It lifts a function FN into the parser PARSER, creating a parser
+  ;; that has FN applied to its result.
   (define (lift fn parser)
     (bind parser (compose result fn)))
 
+  ;; The logical inverse of IS, returning the result if it is not EQV? to X.
   (define (is-not x)
     (satisfies (lambda (y)
 		 (not (eqv? x y)))))
 
+  ;; Parse a string of spaces.
   (define parse-whitespace
     (one-or-more (is #\space)))
 
+  ;; Skip any spaces, the input is unchanged if there are none.
   (define skip-whitespace
     (skip (zero-or-more (is #\space))))
 
+  ;; Parse a symbol.
   (define parse-symbol
     (lift (compose string->symbol string-downcase list->string (applied append))
 	  (sequence (lift list (in +letter-char-set+)) (zero-or-more (in +symbol-char-set+)))))
 
+  ;; Parse a number.
   (define parse-number
     (lift (compose string->number list->string) (one-or-more (in char-set:digit))))
 
+  ;; Parse a quote-delimited string.
   (define parse-string
     (lift list->string (enclosed-by (is #\") (one-or-more (is-not #\")) (is #\"))))
 
+  ;; This is identical to FOLLOWED-BY from comparse, except it consumes
+  ;; the input from the SEPARATOR parser.
   (define (followed-by-consuming parser separator)
     (sequence* ((value parser) (_ separator))
 	       (result value)))
 
+  ;; Parse a list of PARSER separated by SEPARATOR.
   (define (separated-by separator parser)
     (one-or-more (any-of (followed-by-consuming parser separator) parser)))
 
+  ;; Parse a symbol or a number or a quote-delimited string.
   (define parse-symbol-or-number-or-string
     (any-of parse-number parse-symbol parse-string))
 
+  ;; Only successfully parse if PARSER fully parses the input.
   (define (completely-parse parser)
     (followed-by parser end-of-input))
 
+  ;; Parse a statement, optionally preceded by whitespace, consisting of
+  ;; symbols or numbers or quote-delimited strings.
   (define parse-statement
     (all-of skip-whitespace (separated-by parse-whitespace parse-symbol-or-number-or-string)))
 
+  ;; Parse a line of text into a list of symbols, numbers
+  ;; and quote-delimited strings.
   (define (parse-line line)
     (parse (completely-parse parse-statement) line)))