13 KiB
0.8.0
Released: December 24, 2013
Big Changes
-
Completely rewrote the code generator. Among other things, it allows optimizing generated parsers for parsing speed or code size using the
optimize
option of thePEG.buildParser
method or the--optimize
/-o
option on the command-line. All internal identifiers in generated code now also have apeg$
prefix to discourage their use and avoid conflicts. [#35, #92] -
Completely redesigned error handling. Instead of returning
null
inside actions to indicate match failure, newexpected
anderror
functions can be called to trigger an error. Also, expectation inside theSyntaxError
exceptions are now structured to allow easier machine processing. [#198] -
Implemented a plugin API. The list of plugins to use can be specified using the
plugins
option of thePEG.buildParser
method or the--plugin
option on the command-line. Also implemented the--extra-options
and--extra-options-file
command-line options, which are mainly useful to pass additional options to plugins. [#106] -
Made
offset
,line
andcolumn
functions, not variables. They are now available in all parsers and return lazily-computed position data. Removed now uselesstrackLineAndColumn
option of thePEG.buildParser
method and the--track-line-and-column
option on the command-line. -
Added a new
text
function. When called inside an action, it returns the text matched by action's expression. [#131] -
Added a new
$
operator. It extracts matched strings from expressions. -
The
?
operator now returnsnull
on unsuccessful match. -
Predicates now always return
undefined
. -
Replaced the
startRule
parameter of theparse
method in generated parsers with more genericoptions
parameter. The start rule can now be specified as thestartRule
option. Theoptions
parameter can be also used to pass custom options to the parser because it is visible as theoptions
variable inside parser code. [#37] -
The list of allowed start rules of a generated parser now has to be specified explicitly using the
allowedStartRules
option of thePEG.buildParser
method or the--allowed-start-rule
option on the command-line. This will make certain optimizations like rule inlining easier in the future. -
Removed the
toSource
method of generated parsers and introduced a newoutput
option of thePEG.buildParser
method. It allows callers to specify whether they want to get back the parser object or its source code. -
The source code is now a valid npm package. This makes using development versions easier. [#32]
-
Generated parsers are now ~25% faster and ~62%/~3% smaller (when optimized for size/speed) than those generated by 0.7.0.
-
Requires Node.js 0.8.0+.
Small Changes
-
bin/pegjs
now outputs just the parser source if the value of the--export-var
option is empty. This makes embedding generated parsers into other files easier. [#143] -
Changed the value of the
name
property ofPEG.GrammarError
instances from “PEG.GrammarError” to just “GrammarError”. This better reflects the fact that PEG.js can get required with different variable name thanPEG
. -
Setup prototype chain for
PEG.GrammarError
correctly. -
Setup prototype chain for
SyntaxError
in generated parsers correctly. -
Fixed error messages in certain cases with trailing input [#119]
-
Fixed code generated for classes starting with
\^
. [#125] -
Fixed too eager proxy rules removal. [#137]
-
Added a license to all vendored libraries. [#207]
-
Converted the test suite from QUnit to Jasmine, cleaning it up on the way.
-
Travis CI integration.
-
Various internal code improvements and fixes.
-
Various generated code improvements and fixes.
-
Various example grammar improvements and fixes.
-
Improved
README.md
. -
Converted
CHANGELOG
to Markdown.
0.7.0
Released: April 18, 2012
Big Changes
-
Added ability to pass options to
PEG.buildParser
. -
Implemented the
trackLineAndColumn
option forPEG.buildParser
(together with the--track-line-and-column
command-line option). It makes the generated parser track line and column during parsing. These are made available inside actions and predicates asline
andcolumn
variables. -
Implemented the
cache
option forPEG.buildParser
(together with the--cache
command-line option). This option enables/disables the results cache in generated parsers, resulting in dramatic speedup when the cache is disabled (the default now). The cost is breaking the linear parsing time guarantee. -
The current parse position is visible inside actions and predicates as the
offset
variable. -
Exceptions thrown by the parser have
offset
,expected
andfound
properties containing machine-readable information about the parse failure (based on a patch by Marcin Stefaniuk). -
Semantic predicates have access to preceding labels. [GH-69]
-
Implemented case-insensitive literal and class matching. [GH-34]
-
Rewrote the code generator — split some computations into separate passes and based it on a proper templating system (Codie).
-
Rewrote variable handling in generated parsers in a stack-like fashion, simplifying the code and making the parsers smaller and faster.
-
Adapted to Node.js 0.6.6+ (no longer supported in older versions).
-
Dropped support for IE < 8.
-
As a result of several optimizations, parsers generated by 0.7.0 are ~6.4 times faster and ~19% smaller than those generated by 0.6.2 (as reported by
/tools/impact
).
Small Changes
-
Fixed reported error position when part of the input is not consumed. [GH-48]
-
Fixed incorrect disjunction operator in
computeErrorPosition
(original patch by Wolfgang Kluge). -
Fixed regexp for detecting command-line options in
/bin/pegjs
. [GH-51] -
Generate more efficient code for empty literals (original patch by Wolfgang Kluge).
-
Fixed comment typos (patches by Wolfgang Kluge and Jason Davies). [GH-59]
-
Fixed a typo in JavaScript example grammar. [GH-62]
-
Made copy & paste inclusion of the PEG.js library into another code easier by changing how the library is exported.
-
Improved the copyright comment and the “Generated by...” header.
-
Replaced
Jakefile
withMakefile
. -
Added
make hint
task that checks all JavaScript files using JSHint and resolved all issues it reported. All JavaScript files and also generated parsers are JSHint-clean now. -
Fixed output printed during test failures (expected value was being printed instead of the actual one). Original patch by Wolfgang Kluge.
-
Added a
/tools/impact
script to measure speed and size impact of commits. -
Various generated code improvements and fixes.
-
Various internal code improvements and fixes.
-
Improved
README.md
.
0.6.2
Released: August 20, 2011
Small Changes
-
Reset parser position when action returns
null
. -
Fixed typo in JavaScript example grammar.
0.6.1
Released: April 14, 2011
Small Changes
- Use
--ascii
option when generating a minified version.
0.6.0
Released: April 14, 2011
Big Changes
-
Rewrote the command-line mode to be based on Node.js instead of Rhino — no more Java dependency. This also means that PEG.js is available as a Node.js package and can be required as a module.
-
Version for the browser is built separately from the command-line one in two flavors (normal and minified).
-
Parser variable name is no longer required argument of
bin/pegjs
— it ismodule.exports
by default and can be set using the-e
/--export-var
option. This makes parsers generated by/bin/pegjs
Node.js modules by default. -
Added ability to start parsing from any grammar rule.
-
Added several compiler optimizations — 0.6 is ~12% faster than 0.5.1 in the benchmark on V8.
Small Changes
-
Split the source code into multiple files combined together using a build system.
-
Jake is now used instead of Rake for build scripts — no more Ruby dependency.
-
Test suite can be run from the command-line.
-
Benchmark suite can be run from the command-line.
-
Benchmark browser runner improvements (users can specify number of runs, benchmarks are run using
setTimeout
, table is centered and fixed-width). -
Added PEG.js version to “Generated by...” line in generated parsers.
-
Added PEG.js version information and homepage header to
peg.js
. -
Generated code improvements and fixes.
-
Internal code improvements and fixes.
-
Rewrote
README.md
.
0.5.1
Released: November 28, 2010
Small Changes
-
Fixed a problem where “SyntaxError: Invalid range in character class.” error appeared when using command-line version on Widnows (GH-13).
-
Fixed wrong version reported by
bin/pegjs --version
. -
Removed two unused variables in the code.
-
Fixed incorrect variable name on two places.
0.5
Released: June 10, 2010
Big Changes
-
Syntax change: Use labeled expressions and variables instead of
$1
,$2
, etc. -
Syntax change: Replaced
:
after a rule name with=
. -
Syntax change: Allow trailing semicolon (
;
) for rules -
Semantic change: Start rule of the grammar is now implicitly its first rule.
-
Implemented semantic predicates.
-
Implemented initializers.
-
Removed ability to change the start rule when generating the parser.
-
Added several compiler optimizations — 0.5 is ~11% faster than 0.4 in the benchmark on V8.
Small Changes
-
PEG.buildParser
now accepts grammars only in string format. -
Added “Generated by ...” message to the generated parsers.
-
Formatted all grammars more consistently and transparently.
-
Added notes about ECMA-262, 5th ed. compatibility to the JSON example grammar.
-
Guarded against redefinition of
undefined
. -
Made
bin/pegjs
work when called via a symlink (issue #1). -
Fixed bug causing incorrect error messages (issue #2).
-
Fixed error message for invalid character range.
-
Fixed string literal parsing in the JavaScript grammar.
-
Generated code improvements and fixes.
-
Internal code improvements and fixes.
-
Improved
README.md
.
0.4
Released: April 17, 2010
Big Changes
-
Improved IE compatibility — IE6+ is now fully supported.
-
Generated parsers are now standalone (no runtime is required).
-
Added example grammars for JavaScript, CSS and JSON.
-
Added a benchmark suite.
-
Implemented negative character classes (e.g.
[^a-z]
). -
Project moved from BitBucket to GitHub.
Small Changes
-
Code generated for the character classes is now regexp-based (= simpler and more scalable).
-
Added
\uFEFF
(BOM) to the definition of whitespace in the metagrammar. -
When building a parser, left-recursive rules (both direct and indirect) are reported as errors.
-
When building a parser, missing rules are reported as errors.
-
Expected items in the error messages do not contain duplicates and they are sorted.
-
Fixed several bugs in the example arithmetics grammar.
-
Converted
README
to GitHub Flavored Markdown and improved it. -
Added
CHANGELOG
. -
Internal code improvements.
0.3
Released: March 14, 2010
-
Wrote
README
. -
Bootstrapped the grammar parser.
-
Metagrammar recognizes JavaScript-like comments.
-
Changed standard grammar extension from
.peg
to.pegjs
(it is more specific). -
Simplified the example arithmetics grammar + added comment.
-
Fixed a bug with reporting of invalid ranges such as
[b-a]
in the metagrammar. -
Fixed
--start
vs.--start-rule
inconsistency between help and actual option processing code. -
Avoided ugliness in QUnit output.
-
Fixed typo in help:
parserVar
→parser_var
. -
Internal code improvements.
0.2.1
Released: March 8, 2010
- Added
pegjs-
prefix to the name of the minified runtime file.
0.2
Released: March 8, 2010
-
Added
Rakefile
that builds minified runtime using Google Closure Compiler API. -
Removed trailing commas in object initializers (Google Closure does not like them).
0.1
Released: March 8, 2010
- Initial release.