Going to go back to fn objects in the hope that I don't have to specify lifetimes.

src/parser/nom_context.rs

@@ -5,40 +5,43 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct NomContext<'a, I, O, E> {
+pub struct NomContext<F>
-    pub fail_matcher: &'a dyn FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, O, E>,
+where
+    F: for<'a> FnMut(&'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, &'a str, VerboseError<&'a str>>,
+{
+    pub fail_matcher: F,
 
     /// You can't have nested bolds in org-mode
     pub can_match_bold: bool,
     pub can_match_link: bool,
 }
 
-impl<'a, I, O, E> NomContext<'a, I, O, E> {
+// impl<'a, I, O, E> NomContext<'a, I, O, E> {
-    pub fn new(fail_matcher: &'a dyn FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, O, E>) -> Self {
+//     pub fn new(fail_matcher: &'a dyn FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, O, E>) -> Self {
-        NomContext {
+//         NomContext {
-            fail_matcher: fail_matcher,
+//             fail_matcher: fail_matcher,
-            can_match_bold: true,
+//             can_match_bold: true,
-            can_match_link: true,
+//             can_match_link: true,
-        }
+//         }
-    }
+//     }
 
-    pub fn with_no_bold(&self) -> NomContext<I, O, E> {
+//     pub fn with_no_bold(&self) -> NomContext<I, O, E> {
-        NomContext {
+//         NomContext {
-            fail_matcher: self.fail_matcher.clone(),
+//             fail_matcher: self.fail_matcher.clone(),
-            can_match_bold: false,
+//             can_match_bold: false,
-            can_match_link: self.can_match_link,
+//             can_match_link: self.can_match_link,
-        }
+//         }
-    }
+//     }
 
-    // pub fn with_additional_fail_matcher(&self, additional_matcher: G) -> NomContext<G, I, O, E>
+//     // pub fn with_additional_fail_matcher(&self, additional_matcher: G) -> NomContext<G, I, O, E>
-    // where
+//     // where
-    //     G: for<'a> FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, O, E>,
+//     //     G: for<'a> FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, O, E>,
-    // {
+//     // {
-    //     let new_fail_matcher = alt((self.fail_matcher, additional_matcher));
+//     //     let new_fail_matcher = alt((self.fail_matcher, additional_matcher));
-    //     NomContext {
+//     //     NomContext {
-    //         fail_matcher: Rc::new(RefCell::new(new_fail_matcher)),
+//     //         fail_matcher: Rc::new(RefCell::new(new_fail_matcher)),
-    //         can_match_bold: self.can_match_bold,
+//     //         can_match_bold: self.can_match_bold,
-    //         can_match_link: self.can_match_link,
+//     //         can_match_link: self.can_match_link,
-    //     }
+//     //     }
-    // }
+//     // }
-}
+// }

src/parser/text.rs

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn link_end(input: &str) -> Res<&str, TextElement> {
 }
 
 pub fn paragraph(input: &str) -> Res<&str, (Vec<TextElement>, &str)> {
-    let initial_context = NomContext::new(&paragraph_end);
+    // let initial_context = NomContext::new(&paragraph_end);
     // many_till(text_element(initial_context), paragraph_end)(input)
     todo!()
 }

src/parser/text_element_parser.rs

@@ -37,38 +37,13 @@ use nom::IResult;
 //     ))(i)
 // });
 
-pub trait ParserWithContext {
+pub fn flat_text_element<'a, F>(
-    fn bind_context<'a, 'c>(
-        &mut self,
-        context: &mut NomContext<'c, &'a str, &'a str, VerboseError<&'a str>>,
-    ) -> Box<dyn FnMut(&'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, TextElement<'a>, VerboseError<&'a str>>>;
-}
-
-impl<F> ParserWithContext for F
-where
-    F: for<'a, 'c> FnMut(
-        &'a str,
-        &mut NomContext<'c, &'a str, &'a str, VerboseError<&'a str>>,
-    ) -> Res<&'a str, TextElement<'a>>,
-{
-    fn bind_context<'c>(
-        &mut self,
-        context: &mut NomContext<'c, &str, &str, VerboseError<&str>>,
-    ) -> Box<
-        (dyn for<'a> FnMut(
-            &'a str,
-        )
-            -> Result<(&'a str, TextElement<'a>), nom::Err<VerboseError<&'a str>>>
-             + 'static),
-    > {
-        Box::new(|i| self(i, context))
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn flat_text_element<'a, 'c>(
     i: &'a str,
-    context: &mut NomContext<'c, &'a str, &'a str, VerboseError<&'a str>>,
+    context: &mut NomContext<F>,
-) -> Res<&'a str, TextElement<'a>> {
+) -> Res<&'a str, TextElement<'a>>
+where
+    F: for<'b> FnMut(&'b str) -> IResult<&'b str, &'b str, VerboseError<&'b str>>,
+{
     // not(context.fail_matcher)(i)?;
     // todo
     todo!()