elistof : ('a -> 'b * 'a) -> ('a -> 'c * 'a) -> string -> 'a -> 'b list * 'a

SYNOPSIS
Parses a possibly empty separated list of items.

DESCRIPTION
If p is a parser for ``items'' of some kind, s is a parser for a ``separator'', and e is an error message, then elistof p s e parses a possibly empty list of successive items using p, where adjacent items are separated by something parseable by s. If a separator is parsed successfully but there is no following item that can be parsed by s, an exception Failure e is raised. (So note that the separator must not terminate the final element.)

FAILURE CONDITIONS
The call elistof p s e itself never fails, though the resulting parser may.

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
++, |||, >>, a, atleast, finished, fix, leftbin, listof, many, nothing, possibly, rightbin, some.