[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: From grammar based file to xml file

• To: "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: From grammar based file to xml file
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:30:04 -0600
• In-reply-to: Message from Rich Salz <rsalz@d...> of "Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:37:47 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0304182037180.25536-100000@s...>
• Sender: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>

> > I have a bunch of program config files with sentences based on a
> > grammar. The files and the grammar were written to be used with the yacc
> > parser. Now I have to port the code from c to python, so I'd like to
> > rewrite these config files as xml to parse them with xml python standard
> > tools.

This may not be directly appropos, but the combination of parset tools, XML, 
Python and C leads me immdiately to think of BisonGen:

http://4suite.org/?xslt=downloads.xslt

"BisonGen is a parser generator for Python. It takes an XML file, similar to 
bison/flex files in format, and generates from it two parsers: one in C, one 
in pure Python."

It should be clarified that both parsers are available from Python.  The nice 
thing about the approach is that the C parser is available for speed, and the 
Python one for portability.

The 4Suite XPath, XPattern and Versa (RDF query language) parsers are written 
in BisonGen as examples.


-- 
Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net    http://4Suite.org    http://fourthought.com
Gems From the [Python/XML] Archives - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/09/py-xm
l.html
Introducing N-Triples - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-thi
nk17/index.html
Use internal references in XML vocabularies - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerw
orks/xml/library/x-tipvocab.html
EXSLT by example - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-exslt.html
The worry about program wizards - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7238
Use rdf:about and rdf:ID effectively in RDF/XML - http://www-106.ibm.com/develo
perworks/xml/library/x-tiprdfai.html

• References:
  • Re: From grammar based file to xml file
    • From: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>

• Prev by Date: [ANN] XML Standards Library 2.0 : Updated 2003-04-19
• Next by Date: Re: What is XML's appropriate place in an office suite?
• Previous by thread: Re: From grammar based file to xml file
• Next by thread: [ANN] XML Standards Library 2.0 : Updated 2003-04-19
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread