Renamed |characters| -> |chars| (shorter, no loss of expressivity)

lib/compiler.js

@@ -727,12 +727,12 @@ PEG.Compiler = {
        * Stupid IE considers regexps /[]/ and /[^]/ syntactically invalid, so we
        * translate them into euqivalents it can handle.
        */
-      if (node.characters === "") {
+      if (node.chars === "") {
         var regexp = "/^(?!)/";
-      } else if (node.characters === "^") {
+      } else if (node.chars === "^") {
         var regexp = "/^[\\S\\s]/";
       } else {
-        var regexp = "/^[" + node.characters + "]/";
+        var regexp = "/^[" + node.chars + "]/";
       }
 
       return PEG.Compiler.formatCode(
@@ -742,13 +742,13 @@ PEG.Compiler = {
         "} else {",
         "  var ${resultVar} = null;",
         "  if (context.reportMatchFailures) {",
-        "    this._matchFailed('[' + ${characters|string} + ']');",
+        "    this._matchFailed('[' + ${chars|string} + ']');",
         "  }",
         "}",
         {
-          characters: node.characters,
-          regexp:     regexp,
-          resultVar:  resultVar
+          chars:     node.chars,
+          regexp:    regexp,
+          resultVar: resultVar
         }
       );
     }

lib/metagrammar.js

@@ -582,28 +582,28 @@ PEG.grammarParser = (function(){
         this._pos = savedPos11;
       }
       var result66 = result67 !== null
-        ? (function($1, $2) {  return { type: "rule_ref", name:  $1      };  }).apply(null, result67)
+        ? (function($1, $2) {  return { type: "rule_ref", name:  $1 };  }).apply(null, result67)
         : null;
       if (result66 !== null) {
         var result54 = result66;
       } else {
         var result65 = this._parse_literal(context);
         var result64 = result65 !== null
-          ? (function($1) {  return { type: "literal",  value: $1      };  })(result65)
+          ? (function($1) {  return { type: "literal",  value: $1 };  })(result65)
           : null;
         if (result64 !== null) {
           var result54 = result64;
         } else {
           var result63 = this._parse_dot(context);
           var result62 = result63 !== null
-            ? (function($1) {  return { type: "any"                      };  })(result63)
+            ? (function($1) {  return { type: "any"                 };  })(result63)
             : null;
           if (result62 !== null) {
             var result54 = result62;
           } else {
             var result61 = this._parse_class(context);
             var result60 = result61 !== null
-              ? (function($1) {  return { type: "class",    characters: $1 };  })(result61)
+              ? (function($1) {  return { type: "class",    chars: $1 };  })(result61)
               : null;
             if (result60 !== null) {
               var result54 = result60;

lib/metagrammar.pegjs

@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ suffixed
   / primary
 
 primary
-  : identifier !(( literal / "") colon) { return { type: "rule_ref", name:  $1      }; }
-  / literal                             { return { type: "literal",  value: $1      }; }
-  / dot                                 { return { type: "any"                      }; }
-  / class                               { return { type: "class",    characters: $1 }; }
+  : identifier !(( literal / "") colon) { return { type: "rule_ref", name:  $1 }; }
+  / literal                             { return { type: "literal",  value: $1 }; }
+  / dot                                 { return { type: "any"                 }; }
+  / class                               { return { type: "class",    chars: $1 }; }
   / lparen expression rparen            { return $2; }
 
 /* "Lexical" elements */

test/metagrammar-test.js

@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ function any() {
   return { type: "any" };
 }
 
-function klass(characters) {
+function klass(chars) {
   return {
-    type:       "class",
-    characters: characters
+    type:  "class",
+    chars: chars
   };
 }