Deparsing

Deparsing is the reverse process of parsing, which translates the AST back into code. Currently, Sidef supports deparsing into two languages with the -R lang command-line switch:

• -R perl

  • Deparses the AST into valid Perl code.

• -R sidef

  • Deparses the AST into valid Sidef code.

Example:

$ sidef -Rperl script.sf | perl

The -Rsidef switch (or simply -r) is useful for verifying how the code is parsed.

Example:

$ sidef -r -E '1 + 2/3'

Outputs:

(1)->+((2)->/(3));

Deparsing can also be enabled in interactive mode:

$ sidef -i -r
Sidef 3.05 on linux
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>> [1,2,3].map { .sqrt }
[1, 2, 3]->map({|_| (_->sqrt()) });
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