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require "./parser.cr"
require "./map.cr"

module Parcom
  # `Left` is a `Parser` that tries to parse with two different
  # parsers in succession and fails if either of the two parsers fails.
  # This parser behaves the same as `Plus`, but only returns the result
  # of the first parser.
  class Left(T, V, U) < Parser(T, V)
    @p : Map(T, {V, U}, V)

    # Accepts the two parsers to use, in order.
    def initialize(p1 : Parser(T, V), p2 : Parser(T, U)) 
      @p = (p1 + p2).map(&.first)
    end 

    # Tries to parse with the two given parsers, and returns the
    # result of the first parser if they both succeed.
    def parse(tokens : Tokens(T)) : Result(T, V)
      @p.parse(tokens)
    rescue ex : ParserFail
      raise ParserFail.new("Left: #{ex.message}")
    end 
  end
end