Re: YAML parser?

[Matt Wette]

On 2/23/20 7:29 AM, Matt Wette wrote:
> On 2/21/20 8:12 PM, Aleix Conchillo Flaqué wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > does anyone know if there's any YAML parser for Guile? Haven't been 
> > able to
> > find any.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Aleix
>
> Hi Aleix,
>
> I don't know of a YAML parser for Guile, but if you look at my email 
> posted 2/22 I have
> a Guile package called NYACC.  This includes a "FFI Helper" that can 
> generate the Guile
> FFI code based on yaml.h from libyaml.   The API is going to be C-like 
> but if you do some
> work to paste something on the front you will have something, I think.
>
> Below I have a demo program and the yaml.ffi file used to generate 
> yaml.scm.
> When executed, the demo program outputs the following:
>
> $ guile demo1.scm
> #<yaml_node_t* 0x56353bc4af80>
> YAML_MAPPING_NODE

I am working on this a bit more.  This requires some second order 
programming
(e.g., pointers used as vectors) so  don't kill yourself.  I'm looking 
into it more.

Matt