How to NOT build a parser for AsciiDoc markup
Some years ago I set out to build a lexer and parser for AsciiDoc to use it in IntelliJ for syntax highlighting and AST manipulations.
How hard can it be? Without knowing much about parsing, I extended an existing minimal JFlex parser, and gave it a try. This talk will revisit several problems I faced, and show when and how not to use JFlex.
Experience level:
Advanced