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| author | Ben Smith <binjimin@gmail.com> | 2019-04-03 23:20:50 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-04-03 23:20:50 -0700 |
| commit | cc39cc1174ac4182977704845d8dd1cdb8926f43 (patch) | |
| tree | 7cf0a98bb63c096b477de1f4eb93b13b97da277d /README.md | |
| parent | 65663b0e20cba18d340ca35195b13a37936adac6 (diff) | |
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Rewrite the lexer manually, instead of re2c (#1058)
The current lexer uses re2c. It easy to change, but it generates a huge amount of code, and it's easy to forgot to update it.
This PR rewrites the lexer manually, and uses gperf instead to match keywords. The generated source is much smaller.
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@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ configuration. - compilers: `gcc`, `clang`, `gcc-i686`, `gcc-fuzz` - build types: `debug`, `release` - - configurations: empty, `asan`, `msan`, `lsan`, `ubsan`, `no-re2c`, - `no-tests` + - configurations: empty, `asan`, `msan`, `lsan`, `ubsan`, `no-tests` They are combined with dashes, for example: @@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ They are combined with dashes, for example: $ make clang-debug $ make gcc-i686-release $ make clang-debug-lsan -$ make gcc-debug-no-re2c +$ make gcc-debug-no-tests ``` ## Building (Windows) @@ -138,14 +137,11 @@ So, for example, if you want to build the debug configuration on Visual Studio 2 > cmake --build . --config DEBUG --target install ``` -## Changing the lexer +## Adding new keywords to the lexer -If you make changes to `src/wast-lexer.cc`, you'll need to install -[re2c](http://re2c.org). Before you upload your PR, please run `make -update-re2c` to update the prebuilt C sources in `src/prebuilt/`. - -CMake will detect if you don't have re2c installed and use the prebuilt source -files instead. +If you want to add new keywords, you'll need to install +[gperf](https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/). Before you upload your PR, please +run `make update-gperf` to update the prebuilt C++ sources in `src/prebuilt/`. ## Running wat2wasm and wast2json |