Re^4: How would you parse this?

It doesn't seem to be a data structure it's code, with [ key : value , ] hashes and { code } blocks.

At least I guess so, the example given has at least one syntax error, a comma is missing (between Real: and String:)

With the sparse information provided it doesn't make sense to speculate.š

IMHO one more case of How (Not) To Ask A Question

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

š) oops, sorry just realizing that speculations are verboten... ;-)

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Re^5: How would you parse this? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 25, 2013 at 22:26 UTC
the example given has at least one syntax error, a comma is missing Thanks++ Corrected. With the sparse information provided ... So then the question is: what more information is required? What I've posted is pretty much all I have. I'll have to invent whatever further information is required, but I'll need to know what that required information is before I can do so. it doesn't make sense to speculate. Thanks for now endorsing my attempt to discourage speculation. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^6: How would you parse this? by LanX (Saint) on Oct 25, 2013 at 22:47 UTC
> So then the question is: what more information is required? A goal or at least a motivation. This snippet looks like a meta-definition for a data type "Scalar" and how native types are casted. I have no idea what you intend to do with this information in Perl. `init` and `this` are keywords of an OO language, but with which concrete semantic? This seems like an attempt to derive the language of the Bible from two phrases in a antique graffiti in a temple. If this is all you got, better parse it manually with your bio-computer. I'm sure someone is playing a joke on you/us š, like when you confronted us with this fake math-paper. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language) š) maybe a splitted personality?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: How would you parse this? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 25, 2013 at 23:10 UTC
A goal ... My goal is to parse this language. This snippet looks like a meta-definition for a data type "Scalar" and how native types are casted. Exactly correct. It's just a shame that wasn't your first response; because it is insightful and right on the money. I have no idea what you intend to do with this information in Perl. (Not that it should matter but...) nothing. I want to use Perl -- my favorite text mangling tool -- to parse the source and produce something that can be fed to a program written in an entirely different language that will then execute that something. I'm sure someone is playing a joke on you Nope. No joke. Just revisiting a long-standing problem that is now reaching the point where I cannot put it off much longer. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]


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