|
4 | 4 | [<img src="https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.scala-lang.modules/scala-parser-combinators_2.13.svg?label=latest%20release%20for%202.13"/>](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3Aorg.scala-lang.modules%20a%3Ascala-parser-combinators_2.13) |
5 | 5 | [<img src="https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.scala-lang.modules/scala-parser-combinators_3.svg?label=latest%20release%20for%203"/>](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3Aorg.scala-lang.modules%20a%3Ascala-parser-combinators_3) |
6 | 6 |
|
7 | | -### Scala Standard Parser Combinator Library |
| 7 | +This was originally part of the Scala standard library, but is now community-maintained, under the guidance of the Scala team at Lightbend. If you are interested in joining the maintainers team, please contact [@Philippus](https://github.com/philippus) or [@SethTisue](https://github.com/SethTisue). |
8 | 8 |
|
9 | | -This library was originally part of the Scala standard library, but is now community-maintained, under the guidance of the Scala team at Lightbend. If you are interested in helping please contact [@Philippus](https://github.com/philippus) or [@SethTisue](https://github.com/SethTisue). |
| 9 | +## Choosing a parsing library |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +This library's main strengths are: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +* Stability. It's been around and in wide use for more than a decade. |
| 14 | +* The codebase is modest in size and its internals are fairly simple. |
| 15 | +* It's plain vanilla Scala. No macros, code generation, or other magic is involved. |
| 16 | +* All versions of Scala (2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 3) are supported on all back ends (JVM, JS, Native). |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Its main weaknesses are: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +* Performance. If you are ingesting large amounts of data, you may want something faster. |
| 21 | +* Minimal feature set. |
| 22 | +* Inflexible, unstructured error reporting. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +A number of other parsing libraries for Scala are available -- [see list on Scaladex](https://index.scala-lang.org/awesome/parsing?sort=stars). |
10 | 25 |
|
11 | 26 | ## Documentation |
12 | 27 |
|
@@ -68,7 +83,3 @@ For a detailed unpacking of this example see |
68 | 83 | * Have a look at [existing issues](https://github.com/scala/scala-parser-combinators/issues) |
69 | 84 | * Ask questions and discuss [in GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/scala/scala-parser-combinators/discussions) |
70 | 85 | * Feel free to open draft pull requests with partially completed changes, to get feedback. |
71 | | - |
72 | | -## Alternatives |
73 | | - |
74 | | -A number of other parsing libraries for Scala are available; see https://index.scala-lang.org/awesome/parsing?sort=stars |
|
0 commit comments