Method parseReference

parser.go:111–144

(startingSection *Section, period bool)

}

func (parser *Parser) parseReference(startingSection *Section, period bool) (Value, error) {
	name := ""
	if period == false {
		name = parser.curTok.Literal
	}
	for {
		parser.readToken()
		if parser.curTok.ID == token.PERIOD && period == false {
			period = true
		} else if period && parser.curTok.ID == token.IDENTIFIER {
			if len(name) > 0 {
				name += "."
			}
			name += parser.curTok.Literal
			period = false
		} else if isSemicolonOrNewline(parser.curTok.ID) {
			break
		} else {
			msg := fmt.Sprintf("expected ';' or '\n' instead found '%s'", parser.curTok.Literal)
			return nil, parser.syntaxError(msg)
		}
	}
	if len(name) == 0 {
		return nil, parser.syntaxError(
			fmt.Sprintf("expected IDENTIFIER instead found %s", parser.curTok.Literal),
		)
	}

	if period {
		return nil, parser.syntaxError(fmt.Sprintf("expected IDENTIFIER after PERIOD"))
	}

	return NewReference(name, startingSection), nil
}

func (parser *Parser) parseSettingValue() (Value, error) {
	var value Value