many : ('a -> 'b * 'a) -> 'a -> 'b list * 'a
Parses zero or more successive items using given parser.
If p is a parser then many p gives a new parser that parses a series of
successive items using p and returns the result as a list, with the expected
- FAILURE CONDITIONS
The immediate call many never fails. The resulting parser may fail when
applied, though any Noparse exception in the core parser will be trapped.
This is one of a suite of combinators for manipulating ``parsers''. A parser is
simply a function whose OCaml type is some instance of
:('a)list -> 'b * ('a)list. The function should take a list of objects of
type :'a (e.g. characters or tokens), parse as much of it as possible from
left to right, and return a pair consisting of the object derived from parsing
(e.g. a term or a special syntax tree) and the list of elements that were not
- SEE ALSO
++, ||, >>, a, atleast, elistof, finished, fix, leftbin, listof, nothing,
possibly, rightbin, some.