aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/libbuild2/lexer.hxx
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/lexer.hxx')
-rw-r--r--libbuild2/lexer.hxx23
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/lexer.hxx b/libbuild2/lexer.hxx
index f987071..e92980b 100644
--- a/libbuild2/lexer.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/lexer.hxx
@@ -23,18 +23,20 @@ namespace build2
// characters (e.g., '+', '=') as special so that we can use them in the
// variable values, e.g., 'foo = g++'. In contrast, in the variable mode, we
// restrict certain character (e.g., '/') from appearing in the name. The
- // attribute mode is like value except it doesn't treat '{' and '}' as
- // special (so we cannot have name groups in attributes). The eval mode is
- // used in the evaluation context. Quoted modes are internal and should not
- // be set explicitly.
+ // values mode is like value but recogizes ',' as special (used in contexts
+ // where we need to list multiple values). The attribute mode is also like
+ // value except it doesn't treat '{' and '}' as special (so we cannot have
+ // name groups in attributes). The eval mode is used in the evaluation
+ // context. Quoted modes are internal and should not be set explicitly.
//
- // Note that the normal, value, and eval modes split words separated by the
- // pair character (to disable pairs one can pass '\0' as a pair character).
+ // Note that the normal, value/values, and eval modes split words separated
+ // by the pair character (to disable pairs one can pass '\0' as a pair
+ // character).
//
- // The alternnative modes must be set manually. The value mode automatically
- // expires after the end of the line. The attribute mode expires after the
- // closing ']'. The variable mode expires after the word token. And the eval
- // mode expires after the closing ')'.
+ // The alternative modes must be set manually. The value/values mode
+ // automatically expires after the end of the line. The attribute mode
+ // expires after the closing ']'. The variable mode expires after the word
+ // token. And the eval mode expires after the closing ')'.
//
// Note that normally it is only safe to switch mode when the current token
// is not quoted (or, more generally, when you are not in the double-quoted
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ namespace build2
normal = base_type::value_next,
variable,
value,
+ values,
attribute,
eval,
single_quoted,