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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Spirit] uint_parser inconsistent results
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-11-20 21:17:42
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:47 AM Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to figure out why the uint_parser yields what looks like
> raw characters in one instance, yet in another instance yields the
> original given phrase. What do I mean by that?
I got it sorted out. Truly was parsing correctly; one too many escapes
happening on my end.
> I have a string-literal rule, subset of the Google protobuf v2
> grammar, and the octal-escaped rule yields a raw character, but the
> "same" hex-escaped rule yields the given input string.
>
> Both rules are of type qi::rule<It, char()>. And the str_lit rule is
> qi::rule<It, std::string()>, basically.
>
> oct_esc %= '\\' >> uint_parser<unsigned char, 8, 3, 3>{};
> hex_esc %= no_case["\\x"] >> uint_parser<unsigned char, 16, 2, 2>{};
> char_val %= hex_esc | oct_esc | char_esc | ~char_("\0\n\\");
> str_lit %= ("'" >> *(char_val - "'") >> "'")
> | ('"' >> *(char_val - '"') >> '"')
> ;
>
> struct escapes_t : qi::symbols<char, char> {
> escapes_t() {
> this->add("\\a", '\a')
> ("\\b", '\b')
> ("\\f", '\f')
> ("\\n", '\n')
> ("\\r", '\r')
> ("\\t", '\t')
> ("\\v", '\v')
> ("\\\\", '\\')
> ("\\'", '\'')
> ("\\\"", '"')
> ;
> }
> } char_esc;
>
> The only thing I can figure is that perhaps it has something to do
> with no-case having a secondary effect on the rule?
>
> I do not care which way it lands, per se, in either raw or original
> string, although landing in the raw, that is, unescaped, has some
> advantages, I suppose.
>
> However, it is a mystery to me how there are two different outcomes.
>
> Any thoughts? Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael Powell
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