refactor: simplify iterator.Try and remove unnecessary backtracking (#47)

## Description

`iterator.Try` previously copied the entire iterator and synced it back on success, causing an unnecessary heap allocation on every call.
This PR simplifies `Try` to save and restore the index directly, and removes the now-unused `Copy` and `Sync` methods.

- Rewrite `ScanRune` and `ParseRawToken` as peek-then-advance, eliminating the need for `Try` at leaf level.
- Remove redundant `Try` wrappers from `parseExpression`, `parseAbstraction`, `parseApplication`, `parseLet`, and `parseToken`, which are already disambiguated by their callers.
- Keep `Try` only where true backtracking is needed: `parseStatement`, which must choose between `parseLet` and `parseDeclare`.
- Fix pre-existing panic in saccharine `parseExpression` when the iterator is exhausted (added `Done()` guard).

### Decisions

- `Try` now operates on the original iterator instead of a copy, removing the confusing pattern where the callback's `i` was a different object than the caller's `i`.
- Removed `parseSoftBreak` and `parseHardBreak` helper functions since `ParseRawToken` no longer needs `Try` wrapping.

## Benefits

- Eliminates a heap allocation per `Try` call.
- Reduces nesting and indirection in all parse functions.
- Makes the code easier to follow by removing the shadow-`i` pattern.
- `Try` is now only used at genuine choice points in the grammar.

## Checklist

- [x] Code follows conventional commit format.
- [x] Branch follows naming convention (`<type>/<description>`). Always use underscores.
- [x] Tests pass (if applicable).
- [x] Documentation updated (if applicable).

Reviewed-on: #47
Co-authored-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
Co-committed-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
This commit was merged in pull request #47.
This commit is contained in:
2026-02-12 01:04:26 +00:00
committed by Maxim Hutz
parent da3da70855
commit aca197ef51
5 changed files with 114 additions and 136 deletions

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@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ func passSoftBreaks(i *tokenIterator) {
}
func parseToken(i *tokenIterator, expected TokenType, ignoreSoftBreaks bool) (*Token, error) {
return iterator.Try(i, func(i *tokenIterator) (*Token, error) {
if ignoreSoftBreaks {
passSoftBreaks(i)
}
if ignoreSoftBreaks {
passSoftBreaks(i)
}
return token.ParseRawToken(i, expected)
})
return token.ParseRawToken(i, expected)
}
func parseString(i *tokenIterator) (string, error) {
@@ -47,33 +45,29 @@ func parseBreak(i *tokenIterator) (*Token, error) {
}
func parseAbstraction(i *tokenIterator) (*Abstraction, error) {
return iterator.Try(i, func(i *tokenIterator) (*Abstraction, error) {
if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenSlash, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function slash (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if parameters, err := token.ParseList(i, parseString, 0); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err = parseToken(i, TokenDot, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function dot (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if body, err := parseExpression(i); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else {
return &Abstraction{Parameters: parameters, Body: body}, nil
}
})
if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenSlash, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function slash (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if parameters, err := token.ParseList(i, parseString, 0); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err = parseToken(i, TokenDot, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function dot (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if body, err := parseExpression(i); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else {
return &Abstraction{Parameters: parameters, Body: body}, nil
}
}
func parseApplication(i *tokenIterator) (*Application, error) {
return iterator.Try(i, func(i *tokenIterator) (*Application, error) {
if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenOpenParen, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no openning brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if expressions, err := token.ParseList(i, parseExpression, 1); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenCloseParen, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no closing brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else {
return &Application{Abstraction: expressions[0], Arguments: expressions[1:]}, nil
}
})
if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenOpenParen, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no openning brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else if expressions, err := token.ParseList(i, parseExpression, 1); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenCloseParen, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no closing brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
} else {
return &Application{Abstraction: expressions[0], Arguments: expressions[1:]}, nil
}
}
func parseAtom(i *tokenIterator) (*Atom, error) {
@@ -133,36 +127,36 @@ func parseClause(i *tokenIterator, braces bool) (*Clause, error) {
}
func parseExpression(i *tokenIterator) (Expression, error) {
return iterator.Try(i, func(i *tokenIterator) (Expression, error) {
passSoftBreaks(i)
passSoftBreaks(i)
switch peek := i.MustGet(); peek.Type {
case TokenOpenParen:
return parseApplication(i)
case TokenSlash:
return parseAbstraction(i)
case TokenAtom:
return parseAtom(i)
case TokenOpenBrace:
return parseClause(i, true)
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected expression, got '%v' (col %d)", peek.Value, peek.Column)
}
})
if i.Done() {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected end of input")
}
switch peek := i.MustGet(); peek.Type {
case TokenOpenParen:
return parseApplication(i)
case TokenSlash:
return parseAbstraction(i)
case TokenAtom:
return parseAtom(i)
case TokenOpenBrace:
return parseClause(i, true)
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected expression, got '%v' (col %d)", peek.Value, peek.Column)
}
}
func parseLet(i *tokenIterator) (*LetStatement, error) {
return iterator.Try(i, func(i *tokenIterator) (*LetStatement, error) {
if parameters, err := token.ParseList(i, parseString, 1); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenAssign, true); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if body, err := parseExpression(i); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else {
return &LetStatement{Name: parameters[0], Parameters: parameters[1:], Body: body}, nil
}
})
if parameters, err := token.ParseList(i, parseString, 1); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenAssign, true); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else if body, err := parseExpression(i); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else {
return &LetStatement{Name: parameters[0], Parameters: parameters[1:], Body: body}, nil
}
}
func parseDeclare(i *tokenIterator) (*DeclareStatement, error) {
@@ -174,9 +168,9 @@ func parseDeclare(i *tokenIterator) (*DeclareStatement, error) {
}
func parseStatement(i *tokenIterator) (Statement, error) {
if let, letErr := parseLet(i); letErr == nil {
if let, letErr := iterator.Try(i, parseLet); letErr == nil {
return let, nil
} else if declare, declErr := parseDeclare(i); declErr == nil {
} else if declare, declErr := iterator.Try(i, parseDeclare); declErr == nil {
return declare, nil
} else {
return nil, errors.Join(letErr, declErr)