Function parseStatement

lib/filbert.js:1741–1873

()

  // does not help.

  function parseStatement() {
    if (tokType === _slash || tokType === _assign && tokVal == "/=")
      readToken(true);

    var starttype = tokType, node = startNode();

    // Most types of statements are recognized by the keyword they
    // start with. Many are trivial to parse, some require a bit of
    // complexity.

    switch (starttype) {

    case _break:
      next();
      return finishNode(node, "BreakStatement");

    case _continue:
      next();
      return finishNode(node, "ContinueStatement");

    case _class:
      next();
      return parseClass(node);

    case _def:
      next();
      return parseFunction(node);

    case _for:
      next();
      return parseFor(node);

    case _from: // Skipping from and import statements for now
      skipLine();
      next();
      return parseStatement();

    case _if: case _elif:
      next();
      if (tokType === _parenL) node.test = parseParenExpression();
      else node.test = parseExpression();
      expect(_colon);
      node.consequent = parseSuite();
      if (tokType === _elif) {
        node.alternate = parseStatement();
      }
      else if (eat(_else)) {
        expect(_colon);
        eat(_colon);
        node.alternate = parseSuite();
      }
      else {
        node.alternate = null;
      } 
      return finishNode(node, "IfStatement");

    case _import: // Skipping from and import statements for now
      skipLine();