Re: Incremental parsing with LPEG

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 6/1/2011 8:42 PM, Greg wrote:
> Is it possible to use LPEG to create an incremental parser.
>
> I'm trying to add syntax highlighting to an in-house lua editing suite.
> Currently I parse the entire file after every keystroke which is fine on small
> files but really slows down with larger files.
>
> I'd like to be able to just reparse the line that has changed or possibly the
> next couple of lines, instead of the whole document.  Any suggestions?

How much functionality do you need? If you are not looking at 
disambiguating locals/globals, it's easier to stick to just a 
lexer like the one in Scintilla.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia