Function parseString

ark/type/parser/string.ts:21–40

(
	def: string,
	ctx: BaseParseContext
)

} from "./shift/operator/operator.ts"

export const parseString = (
	def: string,
	ctx: BaseParseContext
): InnerParseResult => {
	const aliasResolution = ctx.$.maybeResolveRoot(def)
	if (aliasResolution) return aliasResolution

	if (def.endsWith("[]")) {
		const possibleElementResolution = ctx.$.maybeResolveRoot(def.slice(0, -2))
		if (possibleElementResolution) return possibleElementResolution.array()
	}

	const s = new RuntimeState(new Scanner(def), ctx)

	const node = fullStringParse(s)

	if (s.finalizer === ">") throwParseError(writeUnexpectedCharacterMessage(">"))

	return node
}

/**
 * Try to parse the definition from right to left using the most common syntax.