elistof : ('a -> 'b * 'a) -> ('a -> 'c * 'a) -> string -> 'a -> 'b list * 'a
SYNOPSIS
Parses a possibly empty separated list of items.
DESCRIPTION
If p is a parser for ``items'' of some kind, s is a parser for a
``separator'', and e is an error message, then elistof p s e parses a
possibly empty list of successive items using p, where adjacent items are
separated by something parseable by s. If a separator is parsed successfully
but there is no following item that can be parsed by s, an exception Failure
e is raised. (So note that the separator must not terminate the final
element.)
FAILURE CONDITIONS
The call elistof p s e itself never fails, though the resulting parser may.
COMMENTS
This is one of a suite of combinators for manipulating ``parsers''. A parser is
simply a function whose OCaml type is some instance of
:('a)list -> 'b * ('a)list. The function should take a list of objects of
type :'a (e.g. characters or tokens), parse as much of it as possible from
left to right, and return a pair consisting of the object derived from parsing
(e.g. a term or a special syntax tree) and the list of elements that were not
processed.