ocaml/lex/lexgen.mli

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(*                           Objective Caml                            *)
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(*            Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt         *)
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(*  Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    *)
(*  under the terms of the Q Public License version 1.0.               *)
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(* $Id$ *)


(* raised when there are too many bindings (>= 254 memory cells) *)
exception Memory_overflow 


(* Representation of automata *)


type automata =
    Perform of int * tag_action list
  | Shift of automata_trans * (automata_move * memory_action list) array
and automata_trans =
    No_remember
  | Remember of int * tag_action list
and automata_move =
    Backtrack
  | Goto of int
and memory_action =
  | Copy of int * int
  | Set of int

and tag_action = SetTag of int * int | EraseTag of int


(* Representation of entry points *)
type tag_base = Start | End | Mem of int
type tag_addr = Sum of (tag_base * int)        
type ident_info =
  | Ident_string of bool * tag_addr * tag_addr
  | Ident_char of bool * tag_addr
type t_env = (string * ident_info) list

type ('args,'action) automata_entry =
  { auto_name: string;
    auto_args: 'args ;
    auto_mem_size : int ;
    auto_initial_state: int * memory_action list ;
    auto_actions: (int * t_env * 'action) list }

(* The entry point *)

val make_dfa :
  ('args, 'action) Syntax.entry list ->
  ('args, 'action) automata_entry list * automata array