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diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm index 65df9d4ed2..9103dd94a8 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm @@ -4890,3 +4890,49 @@ base converters") libraries is an industrial strength alternative to OCaml's standard library that was developed by Jane Street, the largest industrial user of OCaml.") (license license:expat))) + +(define-public ocaml-parsexp + (package + (name "ocaml-parsexp") + (version "0.11.0") + (home-page "https://github.com/janestreet/parsexp") + (source + (origin + (method git-fetch) + (uri (git-reference + (url (string-append home-page ".git")) + (commit (string-append "v" version)))) + (file-name (git-file-name name version)) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1nyq23s5igd8cf3n4qxprjvhbmb6ighb3fy5mw7hxl0mdgsw5fvz")))) + (build-system dune-build-system) + (inputs + `(("ocaml-sexplib0" ,ocaml-sexplib0))) + (synopsis "S-expression parsing library") + (description + "This library provides generic parsers for parsing S-expressions from +strings or other medium. + +The library is focused on performances but still provide full generic +parsers that can be used with strings, bigstrings, lexing buffers, +character streams or any other sources effortlessly. + +It provides three different class of parsers: +@itemize +@item +the normal parsers, producing [Sexp.t] or [Sexp.t list] values +@item +the parsers with positions, building compact position sequences so +that one can recover original positions in order to report properly +located errors at little cost +@item +the Concrete Syntax Tree parsers, produce values of type +@code{Parsexp.Cst.t} which record the concrete layout of the s-expression +syntax, including comments +@end itemize + +This library is portable and doesn't provide IO functions. To read +s-expressions from files or other external sources, you should use +parsexp_io.") + (license license:expat))) |