PyBison 0.1.8

PyBison is a Python binding to the Bison (yacc) and Flex (lex) parser-generator utilities.
It allows parsers to be quickly and easily developed as Python class declarations, and for these parsers to take advantage of the fast and powerful C-based Bison/Flex.
Users write a subclass of a basic Parser object, containing a set of methods and attributes specifying the grammar and lexical analysis rules, and taking callbacks for providing parser input, and receiving parser target events.
Presently, PyBison is only working on Linux (and possibly *BSD-based) systems. However, in time, (or if someone volunteers to help out with probably 2 hours coding for a small shim layer) its very possible PyBison will work on Windows as well.
Main features:
- Runs at near the speed of C-based parsers, due to direct hooks into bison-generated C code
- Full LALR(1) grammar support
- Includes a utility to convert your legacy grammar (.y) and scanner (.l) scripts into python modules compatible with PyBison
- Easy to understand - the walkthrough and the examples will have you writing your own parsers in minutes
- Comfortable and intuitive callback mechanisms
- Can export parse tree to XML with a simple method call (New!)
- Can reconstitute a parse tree from XML (New!)
- Examples include working parsers for the languages:
- - ANSI C
- - Java (1.4.2)