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require "./parcom/*"

module Parcom
  VERSION = "0.1.0"

  # A ParserFail exception should be raised by `Parser#parse` when
  # a parse attempt is unsuccessful.
  class ParserFail < Exception
  end

  # `Tokens` is an `Array` wrapper struct to store the input
  # stream of one or more `Parser` objects.
  # A `Tokens` can be created from any `Iterable`, along with
  # `String` objects using a special constructor.
  struct Tokens(T)
    getter tokens

    # Constructs a `Tokens(Char)` from a `String`.
    def self.from_string(s : String) : Tokens(Char)
      Tokens.new(s.chars)
    end

    # Constructs a `Tokens` from an `Iterable`.
    def initialize(ts : Iterable(T))
      if ts.responds_to?(:to_a)
        @tokens = ts.to_a
      else
        @tokens = [] of T
        ts.each { |t| @tokens << t }
      end
    end

    # Exposes `Array#[](Int)`.
    def [](index : Int) : T
      @tokens[index]
    end

    # Exposes `Array#[](Int, Int)`, but wraps the returned array in a new `Tokens`.
    def [](start : Int, count : Int) : Tokens(T)
      Tokens.new(@tokens[start, count])
    end

    # Exposes `Array#[](Range)`, but wraps the returned array in a new `Tokens`.
    def [](range : Range) : Tokens(T)
      Tokens.new(@tokens[range])
    end

    # Like `#[]`, but returns `nil` instead of raising an `IndexError`.
    def []?(*args)
      self.[](*args)
    rescue IndexError
      nil
    end

    # Exposes `Array#empty?`.
    def empty? : Bool
      @tokens.empty?
    end
  end

  # A `Result` stores a `Tokens` object and a parsed value,
  # and is effectively used to store the state of a parser chain.
  # This is used instead of a `Tuple` or `NamedTuple` because:
  #   1. This is more idiomatic than a `Tuple`.
  #   2. Crystal does not support generic named tuples.
  struct Result(T, U)
    getter tokens, value

    def initialize(@tokens : Tokens(T), @value : U)
    end

    def map(f : U -> V) : Result(T, V) forall V
      Result.new(@tokens, f.call(@value))
    end

    def map(&block : U -> V) : Result(T, V) forall V
      map(block)
    end
  end

  # A parser defines a process of extracting some sort of data
  # from a stream of tokens.
  # `Parser` objects wrap a function/block that accepts a `Tokens` object,
  # and either returns a `Result`, or raises a `ParserFail`.
  # This struct also defines a handful of methods for modifying a parser's
  # behavior.
  #
  # The function that is wrapped by a parser should:
  # 1. Have the type `Tokens(T) -> Result(T, U)`
  # 1. Indicate failure by raising a `ParserFail`
  # 1. Not introduce side-effects
  #
  # Instead of inheriting from `Parser`, custom parsers should be
  # defined using a method that generates the parser directly:
  # ```
  # struct Foo(T, U) < Parser(T, Array(U))
  #   def parse(tokens)
  #     # This will cause headaches
  #   end
  # end
  #
  # # Do this instead:
  # def foo(t : T.class, u : U.class, p : Parser(T, U)) : Parser(T, U) forall T, U
  #   Parser(T, U).new("Foo") { |tokens| "your code here" }
  # end
  # ```
  struct Parser(T, U)
    getter name

    def initialize(@name : String, @f : Tokens(T) -> Result(T, U))
    end

    def initialize(@name : String, &block : Tokens(T) -> Result(T, U))
      @f = block
    end

    # Changes the `name` property and returns `self`.
    # This should be used to specify a custom name:
    # ```
    # a = Basic.token(Char, 'a').named("letter a")
    # ```
    def named(name : String) : self
      @name = name
      self
    end

    def parse(tokens : Tokens(T)) : Result(T, U)
      @f.call(tokens)
    end

    def parse?(tokens : Tokens(T)) : Result(T, U)?
      parse(tokens)
    rescue
      nil
    end

    def assert(f : U -> Bool) : Parser(T, U)
      p = self
      Parser.new("#{p.name} (assertion)") do |tokens|
        result = p.parse(tokens)
        unless f.call(r.value)
          raise ParserFail.new("Assertion failed for value #{r.value}")
        end
        result
      end
    end

    def assert(&block : U -> Bool) : Parser(T, U)
      assert(block)
    end

    def map(f : U -> T) : Parser(T, V) forall V
      p = self
      Parser(T, V).new("#{p.name} (mapped)") do |tokens|
        p.parse(tokens).map(f)
      end
    end

    def map(&block : U -> T) : Parser(T, V) forall V
      map(block)
    end
  end
end