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A simple, powerful parser for Lua with zero dependencies.

$ luarocks install parsel

Parsel is a simple, but unrelentingly powerful parsing library
written in pure Lua with zero dependencies. With it, you can
define and parse your context-free grammars with ease. All forms
of recursion are supported, along with ambiguous grammars.

Versions

3.0.0-17 years ago85 downloads
2.1.1-18 years ago69 downloads
2.1.0-18 years ago153 downloads
2.0.0-18 years ago46 downloads
1.0.0-18 years ago56 downloads

Dependencies

lua >= 5.1, < 5.4

Manifests