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-rw-r--r--src/parcom.cr15
-rw-r--r--src/parcom/alt.cr28
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/parcom.cr b/src/parcom.cr
index 82c4c3b..44a770c 100644
--- a/src/parcom.cr
+++ b/src/parcom.cr
@@ -81,21 +81,6 @@ module Parcom
end
end
- class Alt(T, V) < Parser(T, V)
- def initialize(@p1 : Parser(T, V), @p2 : Parser(T, V))
- end
-
- def parse(tokens : Tokens(T)) : Result(T, V)
- @p1.parse(tokens)
- rescue ex1 : ParserFail
- begin
- @p2.parse(tokens)
- rescue ex2 : ParserFail
- raise ParserFail.new("Alt (#{ex1.message}), (#{ex2.message})")
- end
- end
- end
-
class Map(T, V, U) < Parser(T, U)
def initialize(@p : Parser(T, V), &block : V -> U)
@f = block
diff --git a/src/parcom/alt.cr b/src/parcom/alt.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dedd41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parcom/alt.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require "./parser.cr"
+
+module Parcom
+ # `Alt` is a `Parser` that accepts two other parsers and tries
+ # to parse with one of them.
+ # If the first (left) parser succeeds, its result is returned.
+ # If the first parser fails, it will try the second (right) parser.
+ class Alt(T, V) < Parser(T, V)
+ # Accepts the two parsers to try to parse with.
+ def initialize(@p1 : Parser(T, V), @p2 : Parser(T, V))
+ end
+
+ # Tries to parse using both parsers.
+ #
+ # It will initially try to parse with the first parser.
+ # If it fails, it will try to parse with the second parser.
+ def parse(tokens : Tokens(T)) : Result(T, V)
+ @p1.parse(tokens)
+ rescue ex1 : ParserFail
+ begin
+ @p2.parse(tokens)
+ rescue ex2 : ParserFail
+ raise ParserFail.new("Alt (#{ex1.message}), (#{ex2.message})")
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end
+