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#! /usr/local/bin/perl -sw

# PARSE LOGICAL EXPRESSIONS

use Parse::RecDescent;

$grammar =
q{
	expr	:	disj  no_garbage
	
	no_garbage: /^\s*$/
		  | <error: Trailing garbage>

	disj	:	conj  ('or' conj)(s?)

	conj	:	unary ('and' unary)(s?)

	unary	:	'not' atom
		|	'(' expr ')'
		|	atom

	atom	:	/<.+?>/

};

$parse = new Parse::RecDescent ($grammar);

$input = '';

print "> ";
while (<>)
{
	
	if (/^\.$/) { defined $parse->expr($input) or print "huh?\n"; $input = '' }
	else	    { $input .= $_ }
	print "> ";
}