Parsa is a functional combinator parsing library. It focuses on concise error handling, modularity, and reusability, as well as 0-copy string consumption and backtracking. See [`Parser`] for info on building parsers, and the examples ahead. # Examples Lets parse the string "var = 123". Note that examples will be using `thiserror` to minimize boilerplate. First, our struct and error type: ```rust, ignore use parsa::{ParserString, Parsable}; use parsa::builtins::*; use thiserror::Error; //simple errors use parsa::nevermore::FromNever; //From conversion use std::num::ParseIntError; struct Var { name: String, val: i32, } #[derive(Debug, Clone, Error, FromNever)] enum VarErr { #[error("missing var name")] Empty(#[from] WordErr), #[error("missing \"=\"")] MissingEqual(#[from] TakeErr), #[error("error parsing number: {0}")] NumberParse(#[from] ParseIntError), } impl Parsable for Var { type Err = VarErr; fn parse(s: &mut ParserString) -> Result { todo!() } } ``` The first thing we need to do is parse the name of the variable, which we can do with [`word`](crate::builtins::word). We also want to get rid of whitespace, so we can use [`whitespace`](crate::builtins::whitespace) with the [`after`](crate::Parser::after) combinator, as we dont care about its output. ```rust, ignore let name = word .convert_err::() //explicitly set our target error type //not always needed, but usually helps with inference .after(whitespace) //whitespace is infallible, so we dont need an explicit variant //in our error type to coerce from it. .parse(s)?; ``` Next, we want to just make sure that the `=` sign comes after. ```rust, ignore let _ = take("=").after(whitespace).parse(s)?; //coerces to MissingEqual ``` Our final step is to get the number. We will use `word` again, but this time map the result. ```rust, ignore let val = word .convert_err::() //will save headaches .and_then(|s| s.parse::()) .parse(s)?; ``` And now we can build our struct! ```ignore, rust Ok(Var { name, val }) ``` And because this function has the correct signature, it can be used with any method in [`Parser`]. ```ignore, rust let vars: Vec = Var::parse.many().parse(s)?; ```