Is there an official place that documents Elm’s syntax? I imagine the names and structures from the compiler are a good start, but has that info been turned into a document format? Related: How were the module names chosen for stil4m/elm-syntax ? Are the names based off the compiler’s internal modul…

The official syntax guide is here: http://elm-lang.org/docs/syntax It’s not like a EBNF grammar, but it will get you going. What are you doing that you need to parse Elm source? There may be a better solution if we know what problem you’re trying to solve at a higher level. :slight_smile:

[image] brian: EBNF grammar Ah ha! That term led me to this page which seems to be along the lines of what I’ve been looking for (though this was not expressed in my question) [image] brian: What are you doing that you need to parse Elm source? I’ve considered a few projects that woul…

Have you see this package? http://package.elm-lang.org/packages/Bogdanp/elm-ast/latest I’ve played around with it and it mostly works but I found a few cases of valid code that it wouldn’t parse. So it’s not an exact replica of the real compiler’s parser.

[image] mgold: There’s an old(er) thread about Lesser-known syntax that has some useful pieces of information. Yes, that’s a really cool thread. It does have some neat tricks :slight_smile: [image] Brian_Carroll: Have you see this package? elm-ast 8.0.12 Nice, I had not! I’ll have to…

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There’s an old(er) thread about Lesser-known syntax that has some useful pieces of information.

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