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lambda/pkg/saccharine/scan.go
M.V. Hutz da3da70855 refactor: extract shared token package (#46)
## Description

Both the `saccharine` and `lambda` packages need tokenizing and parsing primitives.
This PR extracts shared token infrastructure into a new `pkg/token` package, then wires both languages up to use it.

- Add `pkg/token` with a generic `Token[T]` type, `Scan`, `ScanAtom`, `ScanRune`, `ScanCharacter`, `IsVariable`, `ParseRawToken`, and `ParseList`.
- Refactor `pkg/saccharine` to delegate to `pkg/token`, removing duplicated scanning and parsing helpers.
- Implement `Codec.Decode` for `pkg/lambda` (scanner + parser) using the shared token package.
- Add `iterator.While` for predicate-driven iteration.
- Rename `iterator.Do` to `iterator.Try` to better describe its rollback semantics.

### Decisions

- The `Type` constraint (`comparable` + `Name() string`) keeps the generic token flexible while ensuring every token type can produce readable error messages.
- `iterator.Do` was renamed to `iterator.Try` since it describes a try/rollback operation, not a side-effecting "do".

## Benefits

- Eliminates duplicated token, scanning, and parsing code between languages.
- Enables the `lambda` package to decode (parse) lambda calculus strings, which was previously unimplemented.
- Makes it straightforward to add new languages by reusing `pkg/token` primitives.

## Checklist

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

Reviewed-on: #46
Co-authored-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
Co-committed-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
2026-02-12 00:25:18 +00:00

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package saccharine
import (
"fmt"
"unicode"
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/iterator"
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/token"
)
// Pulls the next token from an iterator over runes. If it cannot, it will
// return nil. If an error occurs, it will return that.
func scanToken(i *iterator.Iterator[rune]) (*Token, error) {
index := i.Index()
if i.Done() {
return nil, nil
}
letter, err := i.Next()
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot produce next token: %w", err)
}
switch {
case letter == '(':
return token.New(TokenOpenParen, index), nil
case letter == ')':
return token.New(TokenCloseParen, index), nil
case letter == '.':
return token.New(TokenDot, index), nil
case letter == '\\':
return token.New(TokenSlash, index), nil
case letter == '\n':
return token.New(TokenSoftBreak, index), nil
case letter == '{':
return token.New(TokenOpenBrace, index), nil
case letter == '}':
return token.New(TokenCloseBrace, index), nil
case letter == ':':
if _, err := token.ScanCharacter(i, '='); err != nil {
return nil, err
} else {
return token.New(TokenAssign, index), nil
}
case letter == ';':
return token.New(TokenHardBreak, index), nil
case letter == '#':
// Skip everything until the next newline or EOF.
i.While(func(r rune) bool { return r != '\n' })
return nil, nil
case unicode.IsSpace(letter):
return nil, nil
case token.IsVariable(letter):
return token.ScanAtom(i, letter, TokenAtom, index), nil
}
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown character '%v'", string(letter))
}
// scan a string into tokens.
func scan(input string) ([]Token, error) {
return token.Scan(input, scanToken)
}