Comment by wrs
4 days ago
I guess I don't really understand the goal of "one-shot" parser generation, since I can't even do that as a human using a parser generator! There's always an iterative process, as I find out how the language I wanted isn't quite the language I defined. Having somebody or something else write tests actually helps with that problem, as it'll exercise grammar cases outside my mental happy path.
The comment that started this whole thread off mentioned LLMs oneshot-ing parsers. I didn't think an LLM could one shot a parser and I am interested in parsers which is why I asked about more info.
It's not a goal of mine but because of interests in parsing I wanted to know if this was something that was happening or if it was hyperbole.
Well, I mean, it sort of did one-shot the parser in my case (with a few bugs, of course). It just didn't one-shot the parser I wanted, largely because my definition was unclear. It would be interesting to see how it did if I went to the trouble of giving it a truly rigorous prompt.