Re: [Caml-list] Testing lexers and parsers

["Denis Bueno" <dbueno@gmail.com>]

On 2/27/07, Joel Reymont <joelr1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a better way to accomplish this while still using structural
> comparison of ASTs?
>
> Should I try to read my target AST into OCaml, for example? Should I
> create a bunch of "target AST" modules with functions that return my
> target AST?

I recently had to deal with this problem. I ended up testing the
parsing/printing by parsing a file, printing it out, and parsing the
print-out, and then making sure the ASTs built up are structurally
identical (modulo any position fields you might have lurking in your
ASTs).

I have to say, ever since I did this testing, I have had no problems
with my parser.

-Denis