Module API

module API: sig .. end

This interface defines the API of Morbig

Parsing shell scripts

val parse_file : string -> CST.program

parse_file filename performs the syntactic analysis of filename and returns a concrete syntax tree if filename content is syntactically correct. Raise or otherwise.

val parse_string : string -> string -> CST.program

parse_string filename content is similar to parse_file except the script source code is provided as a string.

module Errors: sig .. end

Errors

Serialization of CST

val load_binary_cst : Pervasives.in_channel -> CST.program

load_binary_cst cin retrieves a serialized CST from input_channel cin.

val save_binary_cst : Pervasives.out_channel -> CST.program -> unit

save_binary_cst cout cst stores a serialized cst in cout.

val load_json_cst : Pervasives.in_channel -> CST.program

load_json_cst cin retrieves a CST in JSON format from input_channel cin.

val save_json_cst : Pervasives.out_channel -> CST.program -> unit

save_json_cst cout cst stores a cst using JSON format in cout.

val save_dot_cst : Pervasives.out_channel -> CST.program -> unit

save_dot_cst cout cst stores a cst using DOT format in cout.

CST helpers

val on_located : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a CST.located -> 'b

on_located f applies f on a located value, preserving its location.

val start_of_position : CST.position -> Lexing.position

start_of_position p returns the beginning of a position p.

val end_of_position : CST.position -> Lexing.position

end_of_position p returns the end of a position p.

val filename_of_position : CST.position -> string

filename_of_position p returns the filename of a position p.

val string_of_lexing_position : Lexing.position -> string

string_of_lexing_position p returns a human-readable representation of the lexing position p, using a format recognized by Emacs, and other decent editors.

POSIX related helpers

val remove_quotes : string -> string

remove_quotes s yields a copy of string s, with all quotes removed as described in the POSIX specification.