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Paul Stemmet 82d27199b5 docs/flow-logic: notes from scalar line joining
This doc is incorrect, but kept for posterity
2021-06-23 21:51:33 +01:00

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# Flow scalar line joining
## Forward
These are notes are from my investigation of how to
do line joins in flow scalars. They are preserved
for posterity, but are largely incorrect
## Notes
```rust
leading_blanks->false
string->String::new()
whitespaces->String::new()
trailing_breaks->String::new()
leading_break->String::new()
while parser[0]->!isBlankZ!
// <...>
if scalar_double && parser[0]->'\\' && parser[1]->'\n' // if double quoted and escaped newline
leading_blanks = true
break
// <...>
while parser[0]->isBlank! || parser[0]->isBreak!
if isBlank!: // current byte is a space or newline
if leading_blanks:
parser->skip(1)
else
parser->read(1)->whitespaces
else if isBreak!: // current byte is a yaml line break
if leading_blanks: // this looks like an initialization clause, either
parser->read_line(1)->trailing_breaks // A. we are already in state "leading_blanks", in which case append to trailing_breaks
else // B. we're not in that state yet, put a line end in leading_break and set "leading_blanks" to true
clear(whitespaces) // clearing any stuff from whitespaces
parser->read_line(1)->leading_break
leadings_blanks = true
if leading_blanks:
if leading_break[0]->'\n':
if trailing_breaks.is_empty():
string += ' '
else
string += trailing_breaks
clear(trailing_breaks)
clear(leading_break)
else
string += leading_break
string += trailing_breaks
clear(leading_break)
clear(trailing_breaks)
else
string += whitespaces
clear(whitespaces)
return string
```
### Paths
1. leading_blanks is false the entire loop
This looks like the path that is taken when eating spaces between words, but NOT between a word and an EOL
2. leading_blanks is BEING SET TRUE this loop
This paths looks the start of handling a line break. We need to encounter a YAML break (not blank), in which case
we _clear any whitespaces since the last word was read_, set leading_break to a '\n' and set leading_blanks to true.
Next we check if leading_blanks is true (it is) and leading_break has a '\n' (it does) and trailing_breaks is empty
(it is) and we append a single space to the output string.
### Flow style line join rules (double quoted)
```
IF double_quoted AND $line ENDS WITH ['\\', isBreak!]
KEEP ALL trailing whitespace
AND
REMOVE ALL leading whitespace on $line+1
ELSE
REMOVE ALL trailing whitespace
AND
REMOVE ALL leading whitespace on $line+1
AND THEN
IF $line+1 IS ONLY WHITESPACE
ADD ONE '\n'
ELSE
ADD ONE ' '
```
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