source: code/branches/spaceraceTwo/src/external/tolua/lua/clean.lua @ 8881

-- mark up comments and strings
STR1 = "\001"
STR2 = "\002"
STR3 = "\003"
STR4 = "\004"
REM  = "\005"
ANY  = "([\001-\005])"
ESC1 = "\006"
ESC2 = "\007"

MASK = { -- the substitution order is important
    {ESC1, "\\'"},
    {ESC2, '\\"'},
    {STR1, "'"},
    {STR2, '"'},
    {STR3, "%[%["},
    {STR4, "%]%]"},
    {REM , "%-%-"},
}

function mask (s)
    for i = 1,getn(MASK)  do
        s = gsub(s,MASK[i][2],MASK[i][1])
    end
    return s
end

function unmask (s)
    for i = 1,getn(MASK)  do
        s = gsub(s,MASK[i][1],MASK[i][2])
    end
    return s
end

function clean (s)
    -- check for compilation error
    local code = "return function ()\n" .. s .. "\n end"
    if not dostring(code) then
        return nil
    end

    if flags['C'] then
        return s
    end

    local S = "" -- saved string

    s = mask(s)

    -- remove blanks and comments
    while 1 do
        local b,e,d = strfind(s,ANY)
        if b then
            S = S..strsub(s,1,b-1)
            s = strsub(s,b+1)
            if d==STR1 or d==STR2 then
                e = strfind(s,d)
                S = S ..d..strsub(s,1,e)
                s = strsub(s,e+1)
            elseif d==STR3 then
                e = strfind(s,STR4)
                S = S..d..strsub(s,1,e)
                s = strsub(s,e+1)
            elseif d==REM then
                s = gsub(s,"[^\n]*(\n?)","%1",1)
            end
        else
            S = S..s
            break
        end
    end
    -- eliminate unecessary spaces
    S = gsub(S,"[ \t]+"," ")
    S = gsub(S,"[ \t]*\n[ \t]*","\n")
    S = gsub(S,"\n+","\n")
    S = unmask(S)
    return S
end