Lark v0.8.6 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-06-10 // almost 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ The main features for this release:

    Grammar caching : It's now possible to cache the results of the LALR grammar analysis, for x2 to x3 faster loading. Use Lark(..., cache=True) or specify a file name. See here: https://lark-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/classes/

    Grammar templates : Added support for grammar "functions" that expand in preprocessing. No docs yet, but see here for examples:
    โœ… https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/blob/master/tests/test_parser.py#L845

    Lark online IDE : Technically not a feature, but it's possible to run Lark in the browser. Now we also have a simple IDE on github pages: https://lark-parser.github.io/lark/ide/app.html

    Other changes:

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved performance for large grammars

    ๐Ÿ–จ More debug prints when in debug mode

    ๐Ÿ‘ Better support for PyInstaller

    ๐Ÿ›  Lots of bugfixes: mypy stubs, v_args, docs, and more.