parser state



>   From: Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com>
>   Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:34:08 +0000
>
>   On 2013-11-27, Leo Butler <l_butler at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>   > Is there a way to inspect the state of the parser that I am missing?
>   > Specifically, I would like to have access to the string of characters
>   > that constitute a line of input.
>
>   Well, __ (i.e. two underbars) is the input expression currently being
>   evaluated, and _ (one underbar) is the previous input expression.
>   Dunno if that helps.

No. These contain input expressions after the parser and reader have
processed them. I want to intercept characters as the parser reads
them. And, ideally, I would like to monitor the parser's state as it
parses.

Leo