LanguageParsing

LanguageParsing

4/21/2009 4:04:53 PM

http://wiki.python.org/moin/LanguageParsing?highlight=%28%28PyBison%29%29

 

Small discussion and evaluation of different parsers.

Please keep wiki links as wiki links, use external links only if there is no existing page for the tool.

Name	Grammar	Module	Python	Comment
shlex		C		included in distribution
Plex		C		lexical analysis module for Python, foundation for Pyrex
Spark	GLR	Python
Yapps	LL(1)	Python	1-any, 2-1.5+
PyLR - (broken link)	LR(1) LALR(1)	C
kwParsing
PyBison		C		bison grammar with python code actions
Trap	LR		1.5.1+
PLY	SLR LALR(1)	Python		Python Lex-Yacc
ToyParserGenerator			2.2+
DParser	GLR	C	2.2+	grammar in doc strings
PyGgy	GLR	Python	2.2.1
SimpleParse	-		2.0+	requires mxTextTools
Martel		Python	2.0+	requires mxTextTools
mxTextTools	-	C		is not exactly a parser like we're used to, but it is a fast text-processing engine
pyparsing		Python	2.2+
ANTLR	LL1+	Python		stand-alone tool in Java. Latest version can produce Python code
Yappy	LALR	Python	2.2+
ZestyParser		Python		Object-oriented, Pythonic parsing
Parsing	LR(1)	Python	2.5+
aperiot	LL(1)	Python		uses separate grammar files
yeanpypa		Python		inspired by pyparsing and boost::spirit
Wisent	LR(1)	Python	2.4+
RP	na	Python	2.6+	Simple parser using rule defined in BNF format
LEPL	Any	Python	2.6+	Recursive descent with full backtracking and optional memoisation (which can handle left recursive grammars). So equivalent to GLR, but based on LL(k) core.

For faster performance, one may use other parser generator systems and plug them in as modules.

For example:

• Spirit (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) framework for writing EBNF as C++ code

• FlexBisonModule (http://www.crsr.net/Software/FBModule.html)

• cocktail compiler tools approach

Example of such usage is SeeGramWrap available from Edward C. Jones Python page, which is a heavily revised and upgraded version of the ANTLR C parser that is in cgram (broken link). The lastest verson has been refactored to move some of the complexity from ANTLR to Python.

Martin von Loewis presented a paper at Python10, titled "Towards a Standard Parser Generator" that surveyed the available parser generators for Python.

Ned Batchelder maintains additional information on these and other parsers at Python Parsing Tools.

 

Books

• Complete online textbook, titled "Parsing: A Practical Guide".

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