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> There’s no real AST Perl cannot be statically parsed! > Theorem: Parsing Perl 5 is Undecidable https://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=663393
> Perl cannot be statically parsed! My usage (modifying syntax / extending the compiler when running Perl programs) doesn't need static parsing. What I need is a way to leverage the existing infrastructure in the interpreter for parsing in a way that's compatible with most modules/usages. AFAIK the parser in perl goes directly from source to an OP tree (modulo running other Perl code on the go that modifies the parsi…
Haha, my comment was definitely tongue in cheek ;) I fully expect most of properly written Perl code to be statically parseable into an AST, save for pathological cases (and I fully expect a proper rubocop-like Perl linter to highlight such ambiguities, and would reject them in any sensible project)