ghc-mod/src/GHCMod/Options/ShellParse.hs

-- ghc-mod: Making Haskell development *more* fun
-- Copyright (C) 2015  Nikolay Yakimov <root@livid.pp.ru>
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module GHCMod.Options.ShellParse (parseCmdLine) where

import Data.Char
import Data.Maybe

isQuote :: Char -> Bool
isQuote = (==) '"'

isEscapeChar :: Char -> Bool
isEscapeChar = (==) '\\'

isEscapable :: Char -> Bool
isEscapable c = any ($ c) [isSpace, isQuote, isEscapeChar]

go :: String -> String -> [String] -> Maybe Char -> [String]
-- result
go [] curarg accargs _ = reverse $ reverse curarg : accargs
-- escaped character
go (esc:c:cl) curarg accargs quote
  | isEscapeChar esc
  = if isEscapable c
    then go cl (c:curarg) accargs quote
    else go (c:cl) (esc:curarg) accargs quote
go (c:cl) curarg accargs quotes
  -- quote character -- opens quotes
  | isQuote c, isNothing quotes
  = go cl curarg accargs (Just c)
  -- close quotes
  | quotes == Just c
  = go cl curarg accargs Nothing
  -- space separates argumetns outside quotes
  | isSpace c, isNothing quotes
  = if null curarg
      then go cl curarg accargs quotes
      else go cl [] (reverse curarg : accargs) quotes
  -- general character
  | otherwise = go cl (c:curarg) accargs quotes

parseCmdLine :: String -> [String]
parseCmdLine comline = go comline [] [] Nothing