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Config file format

The config file contains lines of the form: 
keyword = value
The value may be blank. If a value is given, then it must not contain embedded spaces. The pound sign (#) begins a comment; all characters remaining on the line are ignored. An example entry is: 
# name of the log file, default is log.txt
log-file = parser_log.txt
If a keyword is not present, then its default value is used. The supported keywords are listed below.
log-file
The name of the output log file. The default is log.txt.

nonterm-namespace
The name of the namespace enclosing the nonterminal class definitions. This name can be qualified, for example: 
bdev
::bdev
::a::nested::namespace
The default is no value.

nonterm-lzz-file
The name of the output lzz file containing the nonterminal class definitions. The default is Nonterm.lzz.

base-visitor-type
The name (including namespace) of the base visitor class. The default is NodeVisitor.

visit-function
The name of the overloaded (for each nonterminal) visit function in the base visitor class. The default is visit.

base-visitor-lzz-file
The name of the output lzz file containing the base visitor class definition. The default is NodeVisitor.lzz.

token-number-namespace
The name of the namespace enclosing the token number constants. The default is no value.

token-number-lzz-file
The name of the output lzz file containing the token number constants. The default is TokenNumber.lzz.

get-data-function
The name (including namespace) of the function that returns a reference to the top-level data object. The default is getParserData.

parser-data-lzz-file
The name of the lzz file containing the generated parser data and the get-data function. The default is ParserData.lzz.

hdr-ext
The header file extension configured in lzz. The default is h.

bypass
A boolean value (true or false) indicating if single rules should be bypassed. The default is false.
Here is a config file that contains the default values for the keywords listed so far. This file can be used as an initial config file.

The values of the remaining keywords refer to names in the basil parser source code. Assign new values to these keywords only if you edit the code.

basil-node-type
The name of the node class. This class encapsulates basl::Nonterm and basl::Token, and has a link to the previous node. Nodes are reference counted; nodes no longer referenced are cached in a static list for efficiency. The default is basl::Node.

basil-node-hdr
The name of the header file containing the node class definition. The default is basl_Node.h.

basil-nonterm-type
The name of nonterminal class in basl::Node. The default is basl::Nonterm.

basil-token-type
The name of the token class. This class contains a file location, token number, and lexeme. The default value is basl::Token.

basil-nonterm-proxy-type
The name of the proxy nonterminal class, and base class of the generated nonterminal classes. This class forwards calls to a contained (by reference) basl::Nonterm. The derived nonterminal classes are created on the stack and exist only for the duration of the visit call. The default is basl::NontermProxy.

basil-visit-children-function
The name of the function in the proxy nonterminal class that sends a visitor down to the children of a nonterminal. The default is visitChildren.

basil-nonterm-proxy-hdr
The name of the header file containing the nonterminal proxy class definition. The default is basl_NontermProxy.h.

basil-visitor-type
The name of the base visitor class. This class consists of only a default constructor and a virtual destructor. The basil parser code is independent of all user generated nonterminals. This class is used by the parser code to refer to any visitor in any parser. The default is basl::Visitor.

basil-visitor-hdr
The name of the header file containing the base visitor class definition. The default is basl_Visitor.h.

basil-nonterm-info-type
The name of the nonterminal info class. This class contains a pointer to a nonterminal name and a pointer to an accept function. The default is basl::NontermInfo.

basil-nonterm-info-hdr
The name of the header file containing the nonterminal info class definition. The default is basl_NontermInfo.h.

basil-rule-type
The name of the rule struct. This struct contains a pointer to a rule string (for output only), a rule size and a pointer to const nonterminal info struct. The pointer to the nonterminal info struct can be null if the rule is not represented by a nonterminal. The default is basl::LRRule.

basil-action-type
The name of the action type. At present, this is a typedef to a pointer to a const int. An action is variable in size: one to three integers. There are four actions: shift, reduce, accept and done. The default value is basl::LRAction.

basil-shift-code
The name of the shift action constant. The default is basl::LR_SHIFT.

basil-reduce-code
The name of the reduce action constant. The default is basl::LR_REDUCE.

basil-accept-code
The name of the accept action constant. The default is basl::LR_ACCEPT.

basil-done-code
The name of the done action constant. The default is basl::LR_DONE.

basil-move-type
The name of the move struct. This struct contains a token number and an action sequence. The default is basl::LRMove.

basil-state-type
The name of the state struct. This struct contains a move selection, a lexical state, and a goto index. The default is basl::LRState.

basil-goto-type
The name of the goto struct. This struct contains a goto index and a state number. The default is basl::LRGoto.

basil-symbol-type
The name of the symbol struct. This struct contains a symbol name (for output only) and a goto selection. The default is basl::LRSymbol.

basil-data-type
The name of the data struct. This struct contains a pointer to a rule set, a pointer to a state set, and a pointer to a symbol set. The default is basl::LRData. A reference to this struct is returned by the get data function.

basil-data-hdr
The name of the header file containing the data structures and action codes described above. The default is basl_LRData.h.