core: lexer+parser: Add support for comments

Signed-off-by: Chloe M. <chloe@aptel.org>

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/lexer.c b/core/lexer.c
index 59aaa13..4f1b4aa 100644
--- a/core/lexer.c
+++ b/core/lexer.c
@@ -213,6 +213,29 @@ lexer_check_kw(const char *kw, struct token *result)
     return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Skips an entire line, this is useful for comments
+ *
+ * @state: Defconf state
+ */
+static void
+lexer_skip_line(struct defconf_state *state)
+{
+    int c;
+
+    if (state == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        c = lexer_nom(state, false);
+        if (c == EOF)
+            return;
+        if (c == '\n')
+            return;
+    }
+}
+
 int
 lexer_scan(struct defconf_state *state, struct token *result)
 {
@@ -228,6 +251,19 @@ lexer_scan(struct defconf_state *state, struct token *result)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /* Check for single characters */
+    switch (c) {
+    case '/':
+        /* Is this a comment? */
+        if ((c = lexer_nom(state, false)) == '/') {
+            lexer_skip_line(state);
+            result->type = TT_COMMENT;
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
+
     /* Scan for an identifier */
     if ((ident = lexer_scan_ident(state, c)) != NULL) {
         if (lexer_check_kw(ident, result) == 0) {