creating parsing tests, experimenting with syntax

NeutrinoParseTesting.ipynb

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+{
+    "cells": [
+        {
+            "cell_type": "code",
+            "execution_count": 25,
+            "source": [
+                "file = open(\"test.neu\")\r\n",
+                "dirty_blob = file.read()\r\n",
+                "\r\n",
+                "# get rid of comments and leading/trailing whitespace\r\n",
+                "lines = dirty_blob.split(\"\\n\")\r\n",
+                "for i, line in enumerate(lines):\r\n",
+                "    lines[i] = line.strip()\r\n",
+                "    if line.strip()[:2] == \"//\":\r\n",
+                "        del lines[i]\r\n",
+                "\r\n",
+                "tidy_blob = \" \".join(lines)\r\n",
+                "lines"
+            ],
+            "outputs": [
+                {
+                    "output_type": "execute_result",
+                    "data": {
+                        "text/plain": [
+                            "['meta =', 'nice', ',', 'graph =', ',', 'cache =', ',']"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "metadata": {},
+                    "execution_count": 25
+                }
+            ],
+            "metadata": {}
+        },
+        {
+            "cell_type": "code",
+            "execution_count": 26,
+            "source": [
+                "data = []\r\n",
+                "\r\n",
+                "# get objects\r\n",
+                "for line in lines:\r\n",
+                "    object = {}\r\n",
+                "    if \"=\" in line:\r\n",
+                "        keytype = line.split(\" \")[0].split(\":\")\r\n",
+                "        key = keytype[0]\r\n",
+                "        object[\"key\"] = key\r\n",
+                "        if len(keytype) > 1:\r\n",
+                "            type = keytype[1]\r\n",
+                "            object[\"type\"] = type\r\n",
+                "        data.append(object)\r\n",
+                "\r\n",
+                "data"
+            ],
+            "outputs": [
+                {
+                    "output_type": "stream",
+                    "name": "stdout",
+                    "text": [
+                        "{'key': 'meta'}\n",
+                        "{'key': 'graph'}\n",
+                        "{'key': 'cache'}\n"
+                    ]
+                }
+            ],
+            "metadata": {}
+        }
+    ],
+    "metadata": {
+        "orig_nbformat": 4,
+        "language_info": {
+            "name": "python",
+            "version": "3.7.8",
+            "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+            "codemirror_mode": {
+                "name": "ipython",
+                "version": 3
+            },
+            "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+            "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+            "file_extension": ".py"
+        },
+        "kernelspec": {
+            "name": "python3",
+            "display_name": "Python 3.7.8 64-bit"
+        },
+        "interpreter": {
+            "hash": "57baa5815c940fdaff4d14510622de9616cae602444507ba5d0b6727c008cbd6"
+        }
+    },
+    "nbformat": 4,
+    "nbformat_minor": 2
+}

test.neu

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+// this is a comment
+meta =
+    scale:float = 1.0,
+,
+graph =
+    &0 =
+        name:string = "SM_LargeWindow_A",
+        mesh:mesh = *2,
+        transform:trans = #b,
+    ,
+    &1 =
+        name:string = "SM_LargeWindow_A2",
+        mesh:mesh = *2,
+        transform:trans = #b,
+,
+cache =
+    //
+,