a : 'a -> 'a list -> 'a * 'a list

SYNOPSIS
Parser that requires a specific item.

DESCRIPTION
The call a x gives a parser that parses a single item that is exactly x, raising Noparse if the first item is something different.

FAILURE CONDITIONS
The call a x never fails, though the resulting parser may raise Noparse.

COMMENTS
This is one of a suite of combinators for manipulating ``parsers''. A parser is simply a function whose OCaml type is some instance of :('a)list -> 'b * ('a)list. The function should take a list of objects of type :'a (e.g. characters or tokens), parse as much of it as possible from left to right, and return a pair consisting of the object derived from parsing (e.g. a term or a special syntax tree) and the list of elements that were not processed.

SEE ALSO
++, |||, >>, atleast, elistof, finished, fix, leftbin, listof, many, nothing, possibly, rightbin, some.