Any batch parser written in batch ?

[jfl]

Hi,

to resolve some limitations of my batch debugging library, I'm afraid I'll need a batch parser written in batch.

Use cases:

• Output a set command, that can copied and run to recreate any variable value.
  Currently my :EchoVars routine works well for "normal" values, but does not correctly escape values with problematic characters like: % ! " ^ LF
• Write a %CALL% macro that enquotes the problematic string /? before doing the actual call.
  (This string breaks the call, unless it's enquoted an odd number of times!)

Has this been done already?

Jean-François

[jeb]

Hi jfl,

sorry but I don't know of any batch debugger.

And my own batch debugger is written in javascript,
but I don't understand why it should be written in batch itself.

Currently my simulator/debugger is at a very early stage, so I will finish it first before I publish it.

jeb

[jfl]

I'd like this parser to be in batch because the rest of my batch debugging library (Making batch scripts self-debugging) is in batch also, and I'd like to keep it that way, without any external dependencies.
And a parser like this may have been done for other reasons than debugging. The %CALL% macro use case I mentioned is nothing more than a workaround for a call bug.