save state in completed objects

[protos/libecoli.git] / lib / todo.txt

tk_cmd
======

X evaluate expression tree in ec_tk_expr
X cmd token
- example
X tk_re

cleanup / rework
================

- ec_completed_item_update()
- ec_completed_item_set_display_value()

- add_no_match
- add_partial_match
- check XXX in code
- properly manage quotes in shlex
X remove the _new() functions
- iterate children nodes without chaining them
- add a tk vector type: will be used in several nodes (ex: or, seq, ...)
- check allocation model everywhere
- checkpatch?
- use linux style (update .emacs)
- better logs
- return values
- use errno when returning pointers
- missing static / const
- license: "s/neither the name...may/the names of its contributors may not/"
- check all completion nodes
X split ecoli_tk.h
- cache results when appropriate?
- size_t or unsigned int?
X rename:
  X ec_tk -> ec_node
  X ec_parsed_tk -> ec_parsed
  X ec_completed_tk -> ec_completed
  X tk, gen_tk, token, ... -> node
  X tokens -> input_str / input_strvec ?
- use is_err() or errno for funcs returning ptrs, or use errno for all funcs
- save node path in completion to fix help string
- code coverage
- try to hide structures
- anything better than weakref?
- add get_max_parse_len() for all relevant nodes
- add ec_node_defaults.[ch] providing usual implementations of node methods
X use vec for strvec

dependencies
============

X pass the current parsed state when parsing/completing
X new node "once"
- new node "condition"

logs
====

X register log types

yaml
====

X register nodes by name
- interface to add attributes: all nodes must be configurable through a
  generic api
  - attr string
  - attr string list
  - attr node
  - attr node list
  - attr int

- yaml interface to create nodes
- example

examples
========

- example which parses arguments (argc/argv)
- example that acts as bash completion (ip link ?)
- calculator example (var assignation, expression evaluation)
- example with libedit
- mini script language
- configuration file
- mini shell: cd, ls, cat, stat
- mini network console based on ip

doc
===

- overview
- add api doc in .h
- generate automatic api doc
- architecture
- coding rules, process
- each node
- allocation model
- say that it stops at first match (no ambigous support)
- say that completion must be exhaustive

build framework
===============

- .map files for API
- split libs, tests and examples
- add make help
- add make config
- -fvisibility=

tests
=====

- complete automatic tests with "make test"

new nodes
=========

- regexp
- node which always matches
- file + partial completion
- ether, ip, network
- fusion node: need to match several children, same for completion
- float
- not

encoding
========

- support utf-8 and other encodings
- example
- documentation

netconf example
===============

- demonstration example that parses yang file and generate cli



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readline:

[tab]  list possible completions (matches/partial only)
[?]    list what is expected, example:

"command [foo] toto|titi|<int>"

help("command f") ->
  foo     (help of foo)
  toto    (help of toto)
  titi    (help of titi)
  <int>   (help of int)


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struct names
============

ideas:

- ec_node: a node that can be parsed/completed
- ec_parse: a tree describing the result of parse(node, input)
- ec_comp: a list describing the result of complete(node, input)

ec_comp_item


---------------

node tree
=========

Example:

1  seq
2    option
3      str(foo)
4    or
5      int(1,10)
6      str(bar)
7      str(foo)

parse() returns a tree
=======

- each node of the tree refers to a ec_node
- each node points to the strvec that matches
- parse returns the first matching solution
- usually try to match as many str in the vecs (seq node)

[foo] ->
1 seq
2   option
4   or
7     str(foo)

The parse cb of the node is:

parse_cb(node, current_parse_state, strvec, *nmatch)

return values:
- 0: success, child->strvec is set by node (NULL = no_match)
- -1: error (errno is set)
maybe complex to use:
- the node must set the match (ex: "return ec_parsed_node_match()")
- the caller must use accessor to check if it matches or not

alternative idea for return values:
- >= 0: match, ret == nb_tk
- -1: error (errno is set)
- -2 or MAX_INT: success, but no match
This is strange to have a specific value for no match
With MAX_INT, this is the best (less bad) alternative

alternative idea for return values:
- ec_parse_result_match(n_tokens >= 0)
- ec_parse_result_nomatch()
- ec_parse_result_error(errno)

A node always try to consume the maximum number of tokens.
Example:
1  seq
2    option
3      str(foo)
4    str(foo)
5    str(bar)

[foo, foo, bar] matches
[foo, bar] does *not* match

complete() returns a list of possible completions
==========

problems:
- partial completion: in a path dir/file, completion stops once
  after the directory
- displayed value is not the completion token: when completing a
  file in several subdirectories, the full path is not displayed
- any parent node can modify the completions, ex: add missing quotes
  in ec_node_sh_lex(), filter completions in case of a ec_node_filter()
- a command line may want to display the help from the most specific
  token, or not.
- some specific nodes can complete several tokens

struct item {
  const char *str;
  type: full, partial, unknown
}

full: the completion item matches token
partial: beginning of a completion, does not match the token
         (good example is a directory in a path)
unknown: could complete, but the node does not know how

struct completion_item {
  const char *value;
  const char *disp;
}

struct completed_elt {
  ec_parsed *parse_tree; // current tree state
  ec_node *last;         // last node of the tree
  list of items;         // list of items for this parse tree
}

struct completed {
  list(elt)
}

The callback is:

complete_cb(node, current_complete_state, current_parse_state, strvec)
return:
- 0 = success, the current complete state is updated
- -1 = error (set errno?)


a node can filter the completions


[] ->
  foo   3 str(foo)
    seq
      option
        str(foo) <-

  ""    5 int(1,10)
    seq
      option
      or
        int <-

  bar   6 str(bar)
  foo   7 str(bar)
...


[foo, ] ->

  ?       5 int(1,10)
  seq
    option
      str(foo)
    or
      int <-

  bar   6 str(bar)
  foo   7 str(bar)



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changes:
- a completion item should contain a strvec for the value
  (the display string remains a string)
- there is maybe no good reason to split in:
  - ec_completed_item()
  - ec_completed_item_set()
  - ec_completed_item_set_display()
  - ec_completed_item_add()


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>


struct res {
        int a;
};

static inline bool is_success(struct res r)
{
        if (r.a == 0)
                return true;
        return false;
}


static inline struct res res(int a)
{
        struct res r;
        r.a = a;
        return r;
}

int main(void)
{
        struct res r;

        r = res(0);

        printf("%d\n", r.a);
        if (is_success(r))
                printf("success: %d\n", r.a);

        r = res(1);

        printf("%d\n", r.a);
        if (is_success(r))
                printf("success: %d\n", r.a);

        return 0;
}