Is there a cmake parser/lexer (in bison/flex) available somewhere?

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I need to parse CMakeLists.txt files for a small code editor project I am working on. I am therefore searching for a parser/lexer for the CMake language but can't seem to find anything using Google. Has anyone written such a grammar in bison with the corresponding lexer in flex? Thanks!

arrowd arrowd · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-19T19:29:50

Yes, you can steal it from the CMake source itself.

Using lexer generated from that file could make you depend on internal CMake library called cmSys/kwSys. Here is how we at KDevelop solved this.

Is there a cmake parser/lexer (in bison/flex) available somewhere?

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