lexer: introduce a Position (Line, Column) handler

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Mery <amery@jpi.io>

lexer/lexer.go

@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
 // Package lexer provides basic helpers to implement parsers
 package lexer
+
+// StateFn is a State Function of the parser
+type StateFn func() (StateFn, error)
+
+// Run runs a state machine until the state function either
+// returns nil or an error
+func Run(fn StateFn) error {
+	for fn != nil {
+		var err error
+
+		fn, err = fn()
+		if err != nil {
+			// failed
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ended
+	return nil
+}

lexer/position.go

@@ -41,26 +41,28 @@ func (p *Position) Step() {
 	p.Column++
 }
 
-// StepN moves the column N places forward
+// Next returns a new Position one rune forward
-func (p *Position) StepN(n int) {
+// on the line
+func (p Position) Next() Position {
 	if p.Line == 0 {
 		p.Reset()
 	}
 
-	switch {
+	return Position{
-	case n > 0:
+		Line:   p.Line,
-		p.Column += n
+		Column: p.Column + 1,
-	default:
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid %v increment", n))
 	}
 }
 
-// StepLine moves position to the start of the next line
+// NextLine returns a new Position at the begining of the next
-func (p *Position) StepLine() {
+// line.
+func (p Position) NextLine() Position {
 	if p.Line == 0 {
 		p.Reset()
 	}
 
-	p.Line++
+	return Position{
-	p.Column = 1
+		Line:   p.Line + 1,
+		Column: 1,
+	}
 }

lexer/reader.go

@@ -198,6 +198,41 @@ func (b *Reader) PeekRune() (rune, int, error) {
 	return r, l, err
 }
 
+// Accept consumes a rune from the source if it meets the condition.
+// it returns true if the condition was met and false if it wasn't.
+func (b *Reader) Accept(cond func(r rune) bool) bool {
+	r, _, err := b.ReadRune()
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return false
+	case cond(r):
+		return true
+	default:
+		_ = b.UnreadRune()
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// AcceptAll consumes runes from the source as long as they meet the
+// condition. it returns true if the condition was met for at least one rune,
+// and false if it wasn't.
+func (b *Reader) AcceptAll(cond func(r rune) bool) bool {
+	var accepted bool
+
+	for {
+		r, _, err := b.ReadRune()
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			return accepted
+		case cond(r):
+			accepted = true
+		default:
+			_ = b.UnreadRune()
+			return accepted
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // NewReader creates a new runes [Reader] using the given [io.Reader]
 func NewReader(r io.Reader) *Reader {
 	if r == nil {