(* rudimentary recfile parser https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/recutils.html#The-Rec-Format *) open Angstrom type field = { k: string; v: string; } type record = field list let newline = char '\n' let is_newline = function '\n' -> true | _ -> false let field_name = let first_char = satisfy (function 'a' .. 'z' | 'A' .. 'Z' | '%' -> true | _ -> false) in let subsequent_char = satisfy (function | 'a' .. 'z' | 'A' .. 'Z' | '0' .. '9' | '_' -> true | _ -> false) in lift2 (fun hd tl -> String.of_seq (List.to_seq (hd :: tl))) first_char (many subsequent_char) (* todo handle '\' escape and '+' on next line *) let field_value = take_till is_newline <* newline let field = let blank = satisfy (function ' ' | '\t' -> true | _ -> false) in let blanks = skip_many1 blank in lift3 (fun k () v -> { k; v }) field_name (char ':' *> blanks) field_value let blank = newline *> return () let comment = (char '#' *> take_till is_newline <* newline) *> return () let record = many1 field let records = let sep = (* at least one blank line *) skip_many comment *> blank *> skip_many (comment <|> blank) in sep_by1 sep record let recfile : record list t = skip_many (comment <|> blank) *> records <* skip_many (comment <|> blank) let parse s = parse_string ~consume:All recfile s