Class Either

docopt.py:275–286

class Either(ParentPattern):

    def match(self, left, collected=None):
        collected = [] if collected is None else collected
        outcomes = []
        for p in self.children:
            matched, _, _ = outcome = p.match(left, collected)
            if matched:
                outcomes.append(outcome)
        if outcomes:
            return min(outcomes, key=lambda outcome: len(outcome[1]))
        return False, left, collected


class TokenStream(list):