NAME

Parse::RecDescent::Deparse - Turn a Parse::RecDescent object back into its grammar

SYNOPSIS

  use Parse::RecDescent::Deparse;

  my $foo = new Parse::RecDescent($grammar);
  print $foo->deparse;

DESCRIPTION

This module adds the deparse method to the Parse::RecDescent class, which returns a textual description of the grammar.

Why? There are at least two equally unlikely reasons why this could be useful:

• You're working on something which grovels around in the Parse::RecDescent object data structure and want to view the effects of your changes. For instance, a Parse::RecDescent optimizer. (This package does not contain a functional Parse::RecDescent optimizer.)

• You want to understand how Parse::RecDescent does what it does, and fancy the source of this package is a bit more of a gentle introduction than the source of Parse::RecDescent itself.

BUGS

Parse::RecDescent::Deparse can correctly deparse the metagrammar for Parse::RecDescent input, so that's a good thing. There are no bugs in the Parse::RecDescent optimizer as it clearly does not exist.

AUTHOR

Simon Cozens, simon@cpan.org

SEE ALSO

Parse::RecDescent.