Formal language grammar
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Description
It looks like Liquid does not have a formal grammar specified anywhere. This makes it harder to create parsers for other languages (e.g. Python).
Could you publish a formal grammar specification (in a format that's compatible one of the major parser generators like ANTLR or Bison)?
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by defining the scope of Liquid syntax and selecting a major parser-generator format such as ANTLR or Bison. Done means a published formal grammar that enables parsers for other languages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, ruby
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100