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NAME

grammar::fa::op - Operations on finite automatons

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SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.5 9
package require snit
package require struct::list
package require struct::set
package require grammar::fa::op ?0.4.2?

::grammar::fa::op::constructor cmd
::grammar::fa::op::reverse fa
::grammar::fa::op::complete fa ?sink?
::grammar::fa::op::remove_eps fa
::grammar::fa::op::trim fa ?what?
::grammar::fa::op::determinize fa ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::minimize fa ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::complement fa
::grammar::fa::op::kleene fa
::grammar::fa::op::optional fa
::grammar::fa::op::union fa fb ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::intersect fa fb ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::difference fa fb ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::concatenate fa fb ?mapvar?
::grammar::fa::op::fromRegex fa regex ?over?
::grammar::fa::op::toRegexp fa
::grammar::fa::op::toRegexp2 fa
::grammar::fa::op::toTclRegexp regexp symdict
::grammar::fa::op::simplifyRegexp regexp

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a number of complex operations on finite automatons (Short: FA), as provided by the package grammar::fa. The package does not provide the ability to create and/or manipulate such FAs, nor the ability to execute a FA for a stream of symbols. Use the packages grammar::fa and grammar::fa::interpreter for that. Another package related to this is grammar::fa::compiler which turns a FA into an executor class which has the definition of the FA hardwired into it.

For more information about what a finite automaton is see section FINITE AUTOMATONS in package grammar::fa.

API

The package exports the API described here. All commands modify their first argument. I.e. whatever FA they compute is stored back into it. Some of the operations will construct an automaton whose states are all new, but related to the states in the source automaton(s). These operations take variable names as optional arguments where they will store mappings which describe the relationship(s). The operations can be loosely partitioned into structural and language operations. The latter are defined in terms of the language the automaton(s) accept, whereas the former are defined in terms of the structural properties of the involved automaton(s). Some operations are both. Structure operations

Language operations All operations in this section require that all input FAs have at least one start and at least one final state. Otherwise the language of the FAs will not be defined, making the operation senseless (as it operates on the languages of the FAs in a defined manner).

EXAMPLES

Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category grammar_fa of the Tcllib Trackers. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

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KEYWORDS

automaton, finite automaton, grammar, parsing, regular expression, regular grammar, regular languages, state, transducer

CATEGORY

Grammars and finite automata

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