The BNF Converter (bnfc) is a compiler construction tool generating a compiler front-end from a Labelled BNF grammar. It is currently able to generate C, C++, C#, Haskell, Java, and OCaml, as well as XML representations.
Given a Labelled BNF grammar the tool produces:
- an abstract syntax implementation
- a case skeleton for the abstract syntax in the same language
- an Alex, JLex, or Flex lexer generator file
- a Happy, CUP, or Bison parser generator file
- a pretty-printer as a Haskell/Java/C++/C module
- a Latex file containing a readable specification of the language
More information: http://bnfc.digitalgrammars.com/
Everything needed to build bnfc is available in the haskell platform.
On Debian, you can install the dependencies as follows
sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
On Fedora:
yum install haskell-platform
Then proceed with the installation.
To install bnfc from git:
git clone https://github.com/BNFC/bnfc.git
cd bnfc/source
cabal install
To download the latest release, see the bnfc website: http://bnfc.digitalgrammars.com/
https://bnfc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Here is how to build and run the different test suites for bnfc.
cabal sandbox init # Cabal >= 1.18 only
cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests
cabal configure --enable-tests
cabal build
cabal test
- Issue Tracker: https://github.com/BNFC/bnfc/issues
- Source Code: https://github.com/BNFC/bnfc
- Haskell coding style guide: https://github.com/andreasabel/haskell-style-guide/
- Some pull request etiquette:
- Document, document, document! (See style guide)
- Include test cases that cover your feature.
- Include changelog entry.
- More etiquette: E.g. https://gist.github.com/mikepea/863f63d6e37281e329f8
If you are having issues, please let us know. We have a mailing list located at: bnfc-dev@googlegroups.com
The project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.