build-sys: use local darvaza.org/core [DO-NOT-MERGE]

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

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "cSpell.words": [
+        "asciigoat",
+        "Subname",
+        "unescapes"
+    ]
+}

basic/error.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+	"asciigoat.org/ini/parser"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -11,23 +12,11 @@ var (
 )
 
 func newErrInvalidToken(t *token) *lexer.Error {
-	err := &lexer.Error{
-		Line:    t.pos.Line,
-		Column:  t.pos.Column,
-		Content: t.value,
-		Err:     errInvalidToken,
-	}
-	return err
+	return parser.NewError(t.pos, t.value, "", errInvalidToken)
 }
 
 func (dec *decoder) OnError(pos lexer.Position, content string, err error) error {
-	err = &lexer.Error{
-		Line:    pos.Line,
-		Column:  pos.Column,
-		Content: content,
-		Err:     err,
-	}
-
+	err = parser.NewError(pos, content, "", err)
 	dec.executeFinal()
 	return err
 }

basic/token.go

@@ -32,21 +32,21 @@ func (dec *decoder) executeFinal() {
 func (dec *decoder) execute(typ parser.TokenType) {
 	switch typ {
 	case parser.TokenSectionEnd:
-		name1, ok1 := dec.getValue(1, parser.TokenSectionName)
+		name1, ok1 := dec.queueValue(1, parser.TokenSectionName)
 
 		if ok1 {
-			name2, ok2 := dec.getValue(2, parser.TokenSectionSubname)
+			name2, ok2 := dec.queueValue(2, parser.TokenSectionSubname)
 
 			dec.addSection(name1, name2, ok2)
 		}
 
-		dec.reset()
+		dec.queueReset()
 	case parser.TokenFieldValue:
-		key, _ := dec.getValue(0, parser.TokenFieldKey)
-		value, _ := dec.getValue(1, parser.TokenFieldValue)
+		key, _ := dec.queueValue(0, parser.TokenFieldKey)
+		value, _ := dec.queueValue(1, parser.TokenFieldValue)
 
 		dec.addField(key, value)
-		dec.reset()
+		dec.queueReset()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ func (dec *decoder) addField(key, value string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (dec *decoder) getValue(idx int, typ parser.TokenType) (string, bool) {
+// queueValue extracts the value of element on the queue if the type matches.
+func (dec *decoder) queueValue(idx int, typ parser.TokenType) (string, bool) {
 	switch {
 	case idx < 0 || idx >= len(dec.queue):
 		// out of range
@@ -95,40 +96,48 @@ func (dec *decoder) getValue(idx int, typ parser.TokenType) (string, bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (dec *decoder) reset() {
+// queueReset removes all tokens from the queue
+func (dec *decoder) queueReset() {
 	dec.queue = dec.queue[:0]
 }
 
-func (dec *decoder) depth(depth int) bool {
+// queueDepth confirms the current depth of the queue
+func (dec *decoder) queueDepth(depth int) bool {
 	return len(dec.queue) == depth
 }
 
-func (dec *decoder) depthAfter(depth int, typ parser.TokenType) bool {
-	_, ok := dec.getValue(depth-1, typ)
-	if ok {
-		return len(dec.queue) == depth
+// queueDepthType confirms the current depth of the queue and the type of the last
+// element.
+func (dec *decoder) queueDepthType(depth int, typ parser.TokenType) bool {
+	if dec.queueDepth(depth) {
+		return dec.queueType(depth-1, typ)
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
+// queueType tells if the specified element on the queue is of the required type.
+func (dec *decoder) queueType(idx int, typ parser.TokenType) bool {
+	_, ok := dec.queueValue(idx, typ)
+	return ok
+}
+
 func (dec *decoder) typeOK(typ parser.TokenType) bool {
 	switch typ {
 	case parser.TokenSectionStart, parser.TokenFieldKey:
 		// first token only
-		return dec.depth(0)
+		return dec.queueDepth(0)
 	case parser.TokenSectionName:
 		// right after TokenSectionStart
-		return dec.depthAfter(1, parser.TokenSectionStart)
+		return dec.queueDepthType(1, parser.TokenSectionStart)
 	case parser.TokenSectionSubname:
 		// right after TokenSectionName
-		return dec.depthAfter(2, parser.TokenSectionName)
+		return dec.queueDepthType(2, parser.TokenSectionName)
 	case parser.TokenSectionEnd:
 		// only on a section with name
-		_, ok := dec.getValue(1, parser.TokenSectionName)
-		return ok
+		return dec.queueType(1, parser.TokenSectionName)
 	case parser.TokenFieldValue:
 		// right after a TokenFieldKey
-		return dec.depthAfter(1, parser.TokenFieldKey)
+		return dec.queueDepthType(1, parser.TokenFieldKey)
 	default:
 		// never
 		return false
@@ -149,6 +158,8 @@ func (dec *decoder) OnToken(pos lexer.Position, typ parser.TokenType, value stri
 		return nil
 	default:
 		// unacceptable
-		return newErrInvalidToken(t)
+		err := newErrInvalidToken(t)
+		dec.executeFinal()
+		return err
 	}
 }

go.mod

@@ -2,24 +2,30 @@ module asciigoat.org/ini
 
 go 1.19
 
+replace (
+	asciigoat.org/core => ../core
+	darvaza.org/core => ../../darvaza.org/core
+)
+
 require (
-	asciigoat.org/core v0.3.7
+	asciigoat.org/core v0.3.9
 	github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab // indirect
+	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
 	github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20210922191527-e955255bf517 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-asciigoat.org/core v0.3.7 h1:tMasdvZgsMJJMVsZVfXXB5lqq82pFiCsyEmOEmcmAfI=
-asciigoat.org/core v0.3.7/go.mod h1:tXj+JUutxRbcO40ZQRuUVaZ4rnYz1kAZ0nblisV8u74=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 h1:o7IhLm0Msx3BaB+n3Ag7L8EVlByGnpq14C4YWiu/gL8=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
-github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab h1:5JxePczlyGAtj6R1MUEFZ/UFud6FfsOejq7xLC2ZIb0=
-github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab/go.mod h1:XMyYCkEL58DF0oyW4qDjjnPWONs2HBqYKI+UIPD+Gww=
+github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 h1:2JHa3hbYf5D9dsgseMKAmc/MZ109otzgNFk5s87H9Pc=
+github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0/go.mod h1:XMyYCkEL58DF0oyW4qDjjnPWONs2HBqYKI+UIPD+Gww=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -16,8 +14,9 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovk
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 h1:UNAjwbU9l54TA3KzvqLGxwWjHmMgBUVhBiTjelZgg3U=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20210922191527-e955255bf517 h1:zpIH83+oKzcpryru8ceC6BxnoG8TBrhgAvRg8obzup0=
 github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20210922191527-e955255bf517/go.mod h1:KQ7+USdGKfpPjXk4Ga+5XxQM4Lm4e3gAogrreFAYpOg=
 github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3 h1:GUWzV3g185agbHN4ZdaQvR6zrLVYTUSA2ktvIinivK0=
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=

parser/comma_array.go

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+type commaArrayParser struct {
+	TextParser
+
+	out []string
+}
+
+func (p *commaArrayParser) lexStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
+	for {
+		r, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			// EOF
+			return nil, err
+		case r == RuneQuotes:
+			// Quoted Value
+			return p.lexQuotedString, nil
+		case IsNewLine(r):
+			// new lines are acceptable when parsing a string for
+			// comma delimited arrays. but make sure we discard it
+			// complete
+			p.UnreadRune()
+			p.AcceptNewLine()
+			p.Discard()
+		case lexer.IsSpace(r):
+			// discard whitespace outside quotes
+			p.Discard()
+		default:
+			p.UnreadRune()
+			return p.lexWord, nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *commaArrayParser) lexWord() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
+	for {
+		r, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			// done. store what we got and move on
+			_, s := p.Emit()
+			p.out = append(p.out, s)
+			return nil, err
+		case r == ',':
+			// done
+			_, s := p.Emit()
+			// remove comma, trim and append to output
+			s = strings.TrimRightFunc(s[:len(s)-1], IsSpace)
+			p.out = append(p.out, s)
+			return p.lexStart, nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *commaArrayParser) lexQuotedString() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
+	s, err := lexQuotedString(&p.TextParser)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	p.Discard()
+	p.out = append(p.out, s)
+	return p.lexStart, nil
+}
+
+func (p *commaArrayParser) Run() ([]string, error) {
+	err := lexer.Run(p.lexStart)
+
+	return p.out, err
+}
+
+// SplitCommaArray splits comma separated strings, removing whitespace
+// and respecting quoted literals.
+func SplitCommaArray(s string) ([]string, error) {
+	if s != "" {
+		var p commaArrayParser
+		p.InitString(s)
+		return p.Run()
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}

parser/error.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+// NewError creates a lexer.Error using a lexer.Position
+func NewError(pos lexer.Position, content, hint string, err error) *lexer.Error {
+	return &lexer.Error{
+		Line:    pos.Line,
+		Column:  pos.Column,
+		Content: content,
+		Hint:    hint,
+		Err:     err,
+	}
+}
+
+// ErrPlusPosition returns a copy of the given [lexer.Error]
+// offsetting the Line/Column information.
+func ErrPlusPosition(pos lexer.Position, e *lexer.Error) *lexer.Error {
+	pos.Add(lexer.Position{
+		Line:   e.Line,
+		Column: e.Column,
+	})
+
+	return NewError(pos, e.Content, e.Hint, e.Err)
+}
+
+// NewErrIncompleteQuotedString returns a [lexer.Error]
+// indicating the quoted string being parsed wasn't correctly
+// terminated
+func NewErrIncompleteQuotedString(p *TextParser) *lexer.Error {
+	return newErrIncomplete(p, "incomplete quoted string")
+}
+
+func newErrIncomplete(p *TextParser, hint string) *lexer.Error {
+	pos, s := p.Emit()
+	pos.Add(GetPositionalLength(s))
+
+	return NewError(pos, s, hint, fs.ErrInvalid)
+}

parser/lexer.go

@@ -5,71 +5,42 @@ import "asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
 // Run parses the source
 func (p *Parser) Run() error {
 	p.setDefaults()
-	p.pos.Reset()
 
 	return lexer.Run(p.lexStart)
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) lexStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 	for {
-		r, _, err := p.src.ReadRune()
+		r, _, err := p.p.ReadRune()
 		switch {
 		case err != nil:
 			return p.emitError("", err)
 		case IsNewLine(r):
 			// new line
-			p.lexMoreNewLine(r)
+			p.p.UnreadRune()
+			p.p.AcceptNewLine()
 			p.stepLine()
 		case IsSpace(r):
 			// whitespace
-			p.stepRune()
+			p.stepString()
 		case IsCommentStart(r):
 			// switch to comment lexer
-			p.src.UnreadRune()
+			p.p.UnreadRune()
 			return p.lexComment, nil
 		case IsSectionStart(r):
 			// section
 			return p.lexSectionStart, nil
 		default:
 			// entry
-			p.src.UnreadRune()
+			p.p.UnreadRune()
 			return p.lexEntryStart, nil
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) lexMoreNewLine(r1 rune) {
-	// r1 is warrantied to be either '\r' or '\n'
-	r2, _, err := p.src.ReadRune()
-	switch r1 {
-	case '\n':
-		switch {
-		case r2 == '\r':
-			// LN CR
-		case err == nil:
-			// LN
-			p.src.UnreadRune()
-		default:
-			// LN EOF
-		}
-	case '\r':
-		switch {
-		case r2 == '\n':
-			// CR LN
-		case err == nil:
-			// CR
-			p.src.UnreadRune()
-		default:
-			// CR EOF
-		}
-	default:
-		panic("unreachable")
-	}
-}
-
 func (p *Parser) lexComment() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 	// until the end of the line
-	p.src.AcceptAll(IsNotNewLine)
+	p.p.AcceptAll(IsNotNewLine)
 
 	err := p.emitString(TokenComment)
 	return p.lexStart, err
@@ -81,11 +52,11 @@ func (p *Parser) lexSectionStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 	}
 
 	// remove whitespace between `[` and the name
-	if p.src.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
+	if p.p.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
 		p.stepString()
 	}
 
-	if !p.src.AcceptAll(IsName) {
+	if !p.p.AcceptAll(IsName) {
 		// no name
 		return p.emitError("section name missing", lexer.ErrUnacceptableRune)
 	}
@@ -94,12 +65,12 @@ func (p *Parser) lexSectionStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// remove whitespace between the name andthe closing `]`
-	if p.src.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
+	// remove whitespace between the name and the closing `]`
+	if p.p.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
 		p.stepString()
 	}
 
-	r, _, err := p.src.ReadRune()
+	r, _, err := p.p.ReadRune()
 	switch {
 	case err != nil:
 		return p.emitError("", err)
@@ -112,17 +83,17 @@ func (p *Parser) lexSectionStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) lexEntryStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
-	p.src.AcceptAll(IsName)
+	p.p.AcceptAll(IsName)
 	if err := p.emitString(TokenFieldKey); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// ignore whitespace between key and the '=' sign
-	if p.src.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
+	if p.p.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
 		p.stepString()
 	}
 
-	r, _, err := p.src.ReadRune()
+	r, _, err := p.p.ReadRune()
 	switch {
 	case err != nil:
 		return p.emitError("", err)
@@ -131,11 +102,11 @@ func (p *Parser) lexEntryStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 	}
 
 	// ignore whitespace between the '=' and the value
-	if p.src.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
+	if p.p.AcceptAll(IsSpaceNotNewLine) {
 		p.stepString()
 	}
 
-	p.src.AcceptAll(IsNotNewLine)
+	p.p.AcceptAll(IsNotNewLine)
 	if err := p.emitString(TokenFieldValue); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

parser/lexer_runes.go

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	RuneComment      = ';' // RuneComment is the standard dosini comment character
-	RuneCommentExtra = '#' // RuneCommentExtra is UNIX shell's comment character
-	RuneSectionStart = '[' // RuneSectionStart indicates the start of a section declaration
-	RuneSectionEnd   = ']' // RuneSectionEnd indiciates the end of a section declaration
-	RuneFieldEqual   = '=' // RuneFieldEqual separates field keys from their values
+	RuneComment      = ';'  // RuneComment is the standard INI comment character
+	RuneCommentExtra = '#'  // RuneCommentExtra is UNIX shell's comment character
+	RuneSectionStart = '['  // RuneSectionStart indicates the start of a section declaration
+	RuneSectionEnd   = ']'  // RuneSectionEnd indicates the end of a section declaration
+	RuneFieldEqual   = '='  // RuneFieldEqual separates field keys from their values
+	RuneQuotes       = '"'  // RuneQuotes indicates the start and end of a quoted value
+	RuneEscape       = '\\' // RuneEscape indicates the next rune is escaped
 )
 
 var (
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ var (
 		RuneSectionStart,
 		RuneSectionEnd,
 		RuneFieldEqual,
+		RuneQuotes,
+		RuneEscape,
 	})
 )
 
@@ -43,6 +47,11 @@ var (
 	IsCommentStart = lexer.NewIsIn(RunesComment)
 )
 
+// IsAny accepts any rune
+func IsAny(_ rune) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 // IsSpaceNotNewLine indicates a rune is whitespace but not a new line
 func IsSpaceNotNewLine(r rune) bool {
 	return IsSpace(r) && !IsNewLine(r)

parser/parser.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package parser parses dosini-style files
+// Package parser parses ini-style files
 package parser
 
 import (
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
 )
 
-// Parser parses a dosini-style document
+// Parser parses a ini-style document
 type Parser struct {
-	src *lexer.Reader
-	pos lexer.Position
+	p TextParser
 
 	// OnToken is called for each identified token. if it returns an error
 	// parsing is interrupted.
@@ -32,13 +31,7 @@ func defaultOnToken(pos lexer.Position, typ TokenType, value string) error {
 func defaultOnError(pos lexer.Position, content string, err error) error {
 	log.Printf("%s:%v:%v: %q: %s", "error", pos.Line, pos.Column, content, err)
 
-	return lexer.Error{
-		Line:   pos.Line,
-		Column: pos.Column,
-
-		Content: content,
-		Err:     err,
-	}
+	return NewError(pos, content, "", err)
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) setDefaults() {
@@ -51,15 +44,13 @@ func (p *Parser) setDefaults() {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) emitString(typ TokenType) error {
-	s := p.src.Emit()
-	err := p.OnToken(p.pos, typ, s)
-	p.pos.StepN(len(s))
-
-	return err
+	pos, s := p.p.Emit()
+	return p.OnToken(pos, typ, s)
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) emitError(content string, err error) (lexer.StateFn, error) {
-	err2 := p.OnError(p.pos, content, err)
+	pos := p.p.Position()
+	err2 := p.OnError(pos, content, err)
 	switch {
 	case err2 != nil:
 		// return wrapped error
@@ -77,33 +68,25 @@ func (p *Parser) emitInvalidRune(r rune) (lexer.StateFn, error) {
 // stepLine discards the data and moves the position
 // to the next line.
 func (p *Parser) stepLine() {
-	p.src.Discard()
-	p.pos.StepLine()
-}
-
-// stepRune discards the data and moves the position
-// one rune forward on the same line.
-func (p *Parser) stepRune() {
-	p.src.Discard()
-	p.pos.Step()
+	p.p.StepLine()
 }
 
 // stepString discards the data and moves the position
 // forward on the same line the length of the discarded
 // content.
 func (p *Parser) stepString() {
-	s := p.src.Emit()
-	p.pos.StepN(len(s))
+	p.p.Step()
 }
 
-// NewParser creates a dosini-style parser using
+// NewParser creates a ini-style parser using
 // an [io.Reader] as source
 func NewParser(r io.Reader) *Parser {
-	if r == nil {
-		return nil
+	var p *Parser
+
+	if r != nil {
+		p = new(Parser)
+		p.p.Init(r)
 	}
 
-	return &Parser{
-		src: lexer.NewReader(r),
-	}
+	return p
 }

parser/text.go

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+// TextParser is a generic text parser.
+type TextParser struct {
+	*lexer.Reader
+	pos lexer.Position
+}
+
+// Init initializes the [TextParser] with a non-nil [io.Reader].
+func (p *TextParser) Init(r io.Reader) {
+	switch {
+	case p == nil || r == nil:
+		panic("invalid call")
+	case p.Reader != nil:
+		panic("parser already initialized")
+	default:
+		p.Reader = lexer.NewReader(r)
+		p.pos.Reset()
+	}
+}
+
+// InitBytes initializes the [TextParser] with a byte array
+func (p *TextParser) InitBytes(b []byte) {
+	p.Init(bytes.NewReader(b))
+}
+
+// InitString initializes the [TextParser] with a byte array
+func (p *TextParser) InitString(s string) {
+	p.Init(strings.NewReader(s))
+}
+
+// Discard shadows [lexer.Reader]'s, and takes in consideration
+// new lines on the discarded data when moving the position
+func (p *TextParser) Discard() {
+	s := p.Reader.Emit()
+	l := GetPositionalLength(s)
+	p.pos.Add(l)
+}
+
+// Emit returns the accepted text, its position, and
+// moves the cursor position accordingly
+func (p *TextParser) Emit() (lexer.Position, string) {
+	pos := p.pos
+	s := p.Reader.Emit()
+	l := GetPositionalLength(s)
+	p.pos.Add(l)
+
+	return pos, s
+}
+
+// Step discards what's been accepted and increments the
+// position assuming they all increment the column counter
+func (p *TextParser) Step() {
+	s := p.Reader.Emit()
+	p.pos.StepN(len(s))
+}
+
+// StepLine discards what's been accepted and moves then
+// position to the beginning of the next line
+func (p *TextParser) StepLine() {
+	p.Reader.Discard()
+	p.pos.StepLine()
+}
+
+// Position returns the position of the first character
+// of the accepted text
+func (p *TextParser) Position() lexer.Position {
+	return p.pos
+}
+
+// AcceptNewLine checks if next is a new line.
+// It accepts "\n", "\n\r", "\r" and "\r\n".
+func (p *TextParser) AcceptNewLine() bool {
+	r1, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return false
+	case r1 == '\n':
+		p.AcceptRune('\r')
+		return true
+	case r1 == '\r':
+		p.AcceptRune('\n')
+		return true
+	default:
+		p.UnreadRune()
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// AcceptRune checks if next is the specified rune
+func (p *TextParser) AcceptRune(r rune) bool {
+	return p.Accept(func(r2 rune) bool {
+		return r == r2
+	})
+}

parser/text_position.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+type positionLengthParser struct {
+	TextParser
+
+	lexer.Position
+}
+
+func (p *positionLengthParser) lexStart() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
+	for {
+		switch {
+		case p.AcceptNewLine():
+			p.Position.StepLine()
+		case p.Accept(IsAny):
+			p.Position.StepN(1)
+		default:
+			return nil, io.EOF
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// GetPositionalLength calculates the [lexer.Position] at
+// the end of a text.
+func GetPositionalLength(s string) lexer.Position {
+	var p positionLengthParser
+	if s == "" {
+		p.InitString(s)
+
+		_ = lexer.Run(p.lexStart)
+	}
+	return p.Position
+}

parser/text_quoted.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+// AcceptQuotedString consumes a quoted string from the source
+// and returns it unquoted and unescaped
+func (p *TextParser) AcceptQuotedString() (string, bool, error) {
+	r, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		// nothing here
+		return "", false, err
+	case r != RuneQuotes:
+		// not for us
+		p.UnreadRune()
+		return "", false, nil
+	default:
+		// let's roll
+		s, err := lexQuotedString(p)
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			// bad quoted string
+			return "", false, err
+		default:
+			// success
+			return s, true, nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func lexQuotedString(p *TextParser) (string, *lexer.Error) {
+	for {
+		r, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			// incomplete
+			return "", NewErrIncompleteQuotedString(p)
+		case r == RuneQuotes:
+			// end, remove quotes and process escaped characters
+			return lexReturnUnescapedQuotedString(p)
+		case r == RuneEscape:
+			// escaped, take another
+			_, _, err := p.ReadRune()
+			if err != nil {
+				// incomplete
+				return "", NewErrIncompleteQuotedString(p)
+			}
+		case IsNewLine(r):
+			// new lines within quoted values are acceptable
+			p.UnreadRune()
+			p.AcceptNewLine()
+		default:
+			// continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func lexReturnUnescapedQuotedString(p *TextParser) (string, *lexer.Error) {
+	// remove quotes
+	s := p.String()
+	l := len(s)
+	s = s[1 : l-1]
+
+	if strings.ContainsRune(s, RuneEscape) {
+		// TODO: implement unescaping
+		err := NewError(p.Position(), s, "escaped characters", lexer.ErrNotImplemented)
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+// Unquoted removes quotes the content and unescapes the content
+func Unquoted(s string) (string, error) {
+	var p TextParser
+	if s == "" {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	p.InitString(s)
+	unquoted, ok, err := p.AcceptQuotedString()
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		// bad string
+		return "", err
+	case ok:
+		// success
+		return unquoted, nil
+	default:
+		// not quoted
+		return s, nil
+	}
+}