Classes

Lexer

module:PleaseLangCompiler~Lexer

Members

inner, constant WHITE

lib/compiler.js, line 17

The defition of whitespace in the Please language

Methods

inner compile(origin, destination)

lib/compiler.js, line 267

A function that compiles a Please file

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
origin	string	The name of the origin file
destination	string	The name of the destination file

Throws:

Will throw if there are errors in the program or if the files can't be opened

inner parse(program) → {Object}

lib/compiler.js, line 238

A function that parses a Please program

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
program	string	The string with the unparsed program

Throws:

Will throw if there are errors in the program

Returns:

Object - The AST of the program

inner parseCall(operator, lexer) → {Object}

lib/compiler.js, line 194

A function that parses a call

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
operator	Object	The already parsed operator of the operator
lexer	Lexer	An instance of the Lexer class properly initialized

Throws:

Will throw if there are syntactical errors

Returns:

Object - The JSON AST of the call

inner parseExpression(lexer) → {Object}

lib/compiler.js, line 170

A function that parses an expression

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
lexer	Lexer	An instance of the Lexer class initialized with the source of the program

Throws:

Will throw if there are syntactical errors

Returns:

Object - The JSON AST of the expression

inner parseFromFile(fileName) → {Object}

lib/compiler.js, line 255

A function that reads a file and parses its contents

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
fileName	string	The name of the file

Throws:

Will throw if there are errors in the program or if the file can't be opened

Returns:

Object - The JSON AST of the program