use std::cell::RefCell; use std::rc::Rc; use nom::branch::alt; /* hypothetical link: fn link = many_till(text_element, link_end) but what if you start a bold? fn bold = many_till(text_element, bold_end) could eat the link_end Do I pass along break-conditions? Passing link_end into bold's parser? I'll try a very simple language first where asterisks always start/end bold and links are just between [ and ]. Paragraphs will have a blank line between them. */ use nom::bytes::complete::tag; use nom::character::complete::alphanumeric1; use nom::character::complete::line_ending; use nom::character::complete::space1; use nom::combinator::eof; use nom::combinator::map; use nom::combinator::recognize; use nom::error::VerboseError; use nom::multi::many1; use nom::multi::many_till; use nom::sequence::tuple; use nom::IResult; use tracing::instrument; use super::text_element_parser::paragraph; pub type Res = IResult>; #[derive(Debug, Clone)] pub enum TextElement<'a> { Span(Span<'a>), Space(Space<'a>), LineBreak(LineBreak<'a>), Symbol(Symbol<'a>), Bold(Bold<'a>), Link(Link<'a>), } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Span<'a> { contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Space<'a> { contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct LineBreak<'a> { contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Symbol<'a> { contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct BlankLine<'a> { contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Sequence<'a> { pub contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Bold<'a> { pub contents: &'a str, } #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Link<'a> { pub contents: &'a str, } pub fn line_break(input: &str) -> Res<&str, LineBreak> { map(line_ending, |s: &str| LineBreak { contents: s })(input) } pub fn space(input: &str) -> Res<&str, Space> { map(space1, |s: &str| Space { contents: s })(input) } pub fn span(input: &str) -> Res<&str, Span> { map(alphanumeric1, |s: &str| Span { contents: s })(input) } pub fn symbol(symbol_tag: &'static str) -> impl for<'a> Fn(&'a str) -> Res<&'a str, Symbol<'a>> { move |i: &str| map(tag(symbol_tag), |s: &str| Symbol { contents: s })(i) } /// A line containing only whitespace and then a line break /// /// It is up to the caller to ensure this is called at the start of a line. fn blank_line(input: &str) -> Res<&str, BlankLine> { map( recognize(many_till( map(space, TextElement::Space), map(line_break, TextElement::LineBreak), )), |contents| BlankLine { contents }, )(input) } pub fn bold_start(input: &str) -> Res<&str, TextElement> { map(symbol("*"), TextElement::Symbol)(input) } pub fn bold_end(input: &str) -> Res<&str, TextElement> { map(symbol("*"), TextElement::Symbol)(input) } pub fn link_start(input: &str) -> Res<&str, TextElement> { map(symbol("["), TextElement::Symbol)(input) } pub fn link_end(input: &str) -> Res<&str, TextElement> { map(symbol("]"), TextElement::Symbol)(input) } pub fn paragraph_end(input: &str) -> Res<&str, &str> { alt(( recognize(tuple(( map(line_break, TextElement::LineBreak), many1(blank_line), ))), eof, ))(input) }