# This is doty playing with parser tables. from collections import namedtuple class Configuration( namedtuple('Configuration', ['name', 'symbols', 'position']) ): """A rule being tracked in a state.""" __slots__ = () @classmethod def from_rule(cls, rule): return Configuration(name=rule[0], symbols=rule[1], position=0) @property def at_end(self): return self.position == len(self.symbols) @property def next(self): return self.symbols[self.position] if not self.at_end else None def at_symbol(self, symbol): return self.next == symbol def __str__(self): return "{name} -> {bits}".format( name=self.name, bits=' '.join([ '* ' + sym if i == self.position else sym for i, sym in enumerate(self.symbols) ]) + (' *' if self.at_end else '') ) class GenerateLR0(object): """Generate parser tables for an LR0 parser. Grammars are of the form: grammar_simple = [ ('E', ['E', '+', 'T']), ('E', ['T']), ('T', ['(', 'E', ')']), ('T', ['id']), ] Which is to say, they are a list of productions. Each production is a tuple where the first element of the tuple is the name of the non-terminal being added, and the second elment of the tuple is the list of terminals and non-terminals that make up the production. Don't name anything with double-underscores; those are reserved for the generator. Don't add '$' to your Note that this is implemented in the dumbest way possible, in order to be the most understandable it can be. I built this to learn, and I want to make sure I can keep learning with it. """ def __init__(self, grammar, start): """Initialize the parser generator with the specified grammar and start symbol. """ # We always store the "augmented" grammar, which contains an initial # production for the start state. grammar[0] is always the start # rule, and in the set of states and table and whatever the first # element is always the starting state/position. self.grammar = [('__start', start)] + grammar self.nonterminals = set(rule[0] for rule in grammar) self.terminals = set( sym for name, symbols in grammar for sym in symbols if sym not in self.nonterminals ) self.alphabet = self.terminals | self.nonterminals # Check to make sure they didn't use anything that will give us # heartburn later. reserved = [a for a in self.alphabet if a.startswith('__') or a == '$'] if reserved: raise ValueError( "Can't use {symbols} in grammars, {what} reserved.".format( symbols=' or '.join(reserved), what="it's" if len(reserved) == 1 else "they're", ) ) self.terminals.add('$') self.alphabet.add('$') def gen_closure_next(self, config): """Return the next set of configurations in the closure for config. If the position for config is just before a non-terminal, then the next set of configurations is configurations for all of the productions for that non-terminal, with the position at the beginning. (If the position for config is just before a terminal, or at the end of the production, then the next set is empty.) """ if config.at_end: return () else: return tuple( Configuration.from_rule(rule) for rule in self.grammar if rule[0] == config.next ) def gen_closure(self, config, closure): """Compute the closure for the specified config and unify it with the existing closure. If the provided config is already in the closure then nothing is done. """ if config in closure: return closure else: new_closure = tuple(closure) + (config,) for next_config in self.gen_closure_next(config): new_closure = self.gen_closure(next_config, new_closure) return new_closure def gen_successor(self, config_set, symbol): """Compute the successor state for the given config set and the given symbol. The successor represents the next state of the parser after seeing the symbol. """ seeds = [ Configuration( name=config.name, symbols=config.symbols, position=config.position + 1, ) for config in config_set if config.at_symbol(symbol) ] closure = () for seed in seeds: closure = self.gen_closure(seed, closure) return closure def gen_all_successors(self, config_set): """Return all of the non-empty successors for the given config set.""" next = [] for symbol in self.alphabet: successor = self.gen_successor(config_set, symbol) if len(successor) > 0: next.append(successor) return tuple(next) def gen_sets(self, config_set, F): """Recursively generate all configuration sets starting from the provided set, and merge them with the provided set 'F'. """ if config_set in F: return F else: new_F = F + (config_set,) for successor in self.gen_all_successors(config_set): new_F = self.gen_sets(successor, new_F) return new_F def gen_all_sets(self): """Generate all of the configuration sets for the grammar.""" initial_set = self.gen_closure( Configuration.from_rule(self.grammar[0]), (), ) return self.gen_sets(initial_set, ()) def find_set_index(self, sets, set): """Find the specified set in the set of sets, and return the index, or None if it is not found. """ for i, s in enumerate(sets): if s == set: return i return None def gen_table(self): """Generate the parse table. The parse table is a list of states. The first state in the list is the starting state. Each state is a dictionary that maps a symbol to an action. Each action is a tuple. The first element of the tuple is a string describing what to do: - 'shift': The second element of the tuple is the state number. Consume the input and push that state onto the stack. - 'reduce': The second element is the name of the non-terminal being reduced, and the third element is the number of states to remove from the stack. Don't consume the input; just remove the specified number of things from the stack, and then consult the table again, this time using the new top-of-stack as the current state and the name of the non-terminal to find out what to do. - 'goto': The second element is the state number to push onto the stack. In the literature, these entries are treated distinctly from the actions, but we mix them here because they never overlap with the other actions. (These are always associated with non-terminals, and the other actions are always associated with terminals.) - 'accept': Accept the result of the parse, it worked. Anything missing from the row indicates an error. """ action_table = [] config_sets = self.gen_all_sets() for config_set in config_sets: actions = {} # Actions for config in config_set: if config.at_end: if config.name != '__start': for a in self.terminals: self.set_table_action( actions, a, ('reduce', config.name, len(config.symbols)), ) else: self.set_table_action(actions, '$', ('accept',)) else: if config.next in self.terminals: successor = self.gen_successor(config_set, config.next) index = self.find_set_index(config_sets, successor) self.set_table_action( actions, config.next, ('shift', index), ) # Gotos for symbol in self.nonterminals: successor = self.gen_successor(config_set, symbol) index = self.find_set_index(config_sets, successor) if index is not None: actions[symbol] = ('goto', index) action_table.append(actions) return action_table def set_table_action(self, row, symbol, action): """Set the action for 'symbol' in the table row to 'action'. This is destructive; it changes the table. It raises an error if there is already an action for the symbol in the row. """ existing = row.get(symbol, None) if existing is not None and existing != action: raise ValueError( "Conflict: {old} vs {new}".format(old=existing, new=action) ) row[symbol] = action def parse(table, input, trace=False): """Parse the input with the generated parsing table and return the concrete syntax tree. input is a list of tokens. Don't stick an end-of-stream marker, I'll stick one on for you. """ input = input + ['$'] input_index = 0 stack = [(0, None)] while True: current_state = stack[-1][0] current_token = input[input_index] action = table[current_state].get(current_token, ('error',)) if trace: print("{stack: <20} {input: <50} {action: <5}".format( stack=[s[0] for s in stack], input=input[input_index:], action=action )) if action[0] == 'accept': return stack[-1][1] elif action[0] == 'reduce': name = action[1] size = action[2] value = (name, tuple(s[1] for s in stack[-size:])) stack = stack[:-size] goto = table[stack[-1][0]].get(name, ('error',)) if (goto[0] != 'goto'): raise ValueError('OH NOES GOTO') stack.append((goto[1], value)) elif action[0] == 'shift': stack.append((action[1], (current_token, ()))) input_index += 1 elif action[0] == 'error': raise ValueError('OH NOES WAT') def format_node(node): """Print out an indented concrete syntax tree, from parse().""" lines = [ '{name}'.format(name=node[0]) ] + [ ' ' + line for child in node[1] for line in format_node(child).split('\n') ] return '\n'.join(lines) def format_table(generator, table): """Format a parser table so pretty.""" def format_action(state, terminal): action = state.get(terminal, ('error',)) if action[0] == 'accept': return 'accept' elif action[0] == 'shift': return 's' + str(action[1]) elif action[0] == 'error': return '' elif action[0] == 'reduce': return 'r' + str(action[1]) header = " | {terms} | {nts}".format( terms=' '.join( '{0: <6}'.format(terminal) for terminal in (generator.terminals) ), nts=' '.join( '{0: <5}'.format(nt) for nt in generator.nonterminals ), ) lines = [ header, '-' * len(header), ] + [ "{index} | {actions} | {gotos}".format( index=i, actions=' '.join( '{0: <6}'.format(format_action(row, terminal)) for terminal in (generator.terminals) ), gotos=' '.join( '{0: <5}'.format(row.get(nt, ('error', ''))[1]) for nt in generator.nonterminals ), ) for i, row in enumerate(table) ] return '\n'.join(lines) # OK, this is a very simple LR0 grammar. grammar_simple = [ ('E', ['E', '+', 'T']), ('E', ['T']), ('T', ['(', 'E', ')']), ('T', ['id']), ] gen = GenerateLR0(grammar_simple, 'E') table = gen.gen_table() tree = parse(table, ['id', '+', '(', 'id', ')']) print(format_node(tree)) # This one doesn't work with LR0, though, it has a shift/reduce conflict. try: grammar_lr0_conflict = grammar_simple + [ ('T', ['id', '[', 'E', ']']), ] gen = GenerateLR0(grammar_lr0_conflict, 'E') table = gen.gen_table() assert False except ValueError as e: print(e) # Nor does this: it has a reduce/reduce conflict. try: grammar_lr0_conflict = grammar_simple + [ ('E', ['V', '=', 'E']), ('V', ['id']), ] gen = GenerateLR0(grammar_lr0_conflict, 'E') table = gen.gen_table() assert False except ValueError as e: print(e)