Added a new 'format' debugging command, which dissects the formatting

expression in its argument.

expr.cc

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "expr.h"
 #include "parser.h"
 #include "op.h"
+#include "scope.h"		// jww (2008-08-01): not necessary
 
 namespace ledger {
 
@@ -153,8 +154,10 @@ value_t expr_t::eval(const string& _expr, scope_t& scope)
 
 void expr_t::print(std::ostream& out, scope_t& scope) const
 {
-  op_t::print_context_t context(scope);
+  if (ptr) {
-  ptr->print(out, context);
+    op_t::print_context_t context(scope);
+    ptr->print(out, context);
+  }
 }
 
 void expr_t::dump(std::ostream& out) const
@@ -187,4 +190,11 @@ void expr_t::shutdown()
   parser.reset();
 }
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const expr_t& expr) {
+  // jww (2008-08-01): shouldn't be necessary
+  symbol_scope_t scope;
+  expr.print(out, scope);
+  return out;
+}
+
 } // namespace ledger

expr.h

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public:
   static value_t eval(const string& _expr, scope_t& scope);
 };
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const expr_t& expr);
+
 } // namespace ledger
 
 #endif // _EXPR_H

format.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ int  format_t::abbrev_length = 2;
 bool format_t::ansi_codes    = false;
 bool format_t::ansi_invert   = false;
 
+void format_t::element_t::dump(std::ostream& out) const
+{
+  out << "Element: ";
+
+  switch (type) {
+  case STRING: out << " STRING"; break;
+  case EXPR:   out << "   EXPR"; break;
+  }
+
+  out << "  flags: " << int(flags);
+  out << "  min: ";
+  out << std::right;
+  out.width(2);
+  out << int(min_width);
+  out << "  max: ";
+  out << std::right;
+  out.width(2);
+  out << int(max_width);
+
+  switch (type) {
+  case STRING: out << "   str: '" << chars << "'" << std::endl; break;
+  case EXPR:   out << "  expr: "   << expr << std::endl; break;
+  }
+}
+
 namespace {
   string partial_account_name(const account_t& account)
   {
@@ -160,7 +185,7 @@ format_t::element_t * format_t::parse_elements(const string& fmt)
 
     default:
       current->type = element_t::EXPR;
-      current->expr.parse(string("format_") + *p);
+      current->expr.parse(string("fmt_") + *p);
       break;
     }
   }

format.h

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ class format_t : public noncopyable
 
     scoped_ptr<struct element_t> next;
 
-    element_t()
+    element_t() throw()
       : type(STRING), flags(false), min_width(0), max_width(0) {
       TRACE_CTOR(element_t, "");
     }
-    ~element_t() {
+    ~element_t() throw() {
       TRACE_DTOR(element_t);
     }
 
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class format_t : public noncopyable
       if (elem->min_width > 0)
 	out.width(elem->min_width);
     }
+
+    void dump(std::ostream& out) const;
   };
 
   string		 format_string;
@@ -92,6 +94,13 @@ public:
 
   void format(std::ostream& out, scope_t& scope) const;
 
+  void dump(std::ostream& out) const {
+    for (const element_t * elem = elements.get();
+	 elem;
+	 elem = elem->next.get())
+      elem->dump(out);
+  }
+
 private:
   static element_t * parse_elements(const string& fmt);
 

main.cc

@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ static int read_and_report(ledger::report_t& report, int argc, char * argv[],
     *out << expr.calc(report).strip_annotations() << std::endl;
     return 0;
   }
+  else if (verb == "format") {
+    format_t fmt(*arg);
+    fmt.dump(*out);
+    return 0;
+  }
 
   // Parse the initialization file, which can only be textual; then
   // parse the journal data.

option.cc

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ namespace {
   op_bool_tuple find_option(scope_t& scope, const string& name)
   {
     char buf[128];
-    std::strcpy(buf, "option_");
+    std::strcpy(buf, "opt_");
-    char * p = &buf[7];
+    char * p = &buf[4];
     foreach (char ch, name) {
       if (ch == '-')
 	*p++ = '_';

parser.cc

@@ -151,10 +151,9 @@ expr_t::parser_t::parse_value_term(std::istream& in,
   }
 
   case token_t::LPAREN:
-    node = new op_t(op_t::O_COMMA);
+    node = parse_value_expr(in, tflags | EXPR_PARSE_PARTIAL);
-    node->set_left(parse_value_expr(in, tflags | EXPR_PARSE_PARTIAL));
+    if (! node)
-    if (! node->left())
+      throw_(parse_error, tok.symbol << " operator not followed by expression");
-      throw_(parse_error, tok.symbol << " operator not followed by argument");
 
     tok = next_token(in, tflags);
     if (tok.kind != token_t::RPAREN)

report.cc

@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ expr_t::ptr_op_t report_t::lookup(const string& name)
   const char * p = name.c_str();
   switch (*p) {
   case 'o':
-    if (std::strncmp(p, "option_", 7) == 0) {
+    if (std::strncmp(p, "opt_", 4) == 0) {
-      p = p + 7;
+      p = p + 4;
       switch (*p) {
       case 'a':
 #if 0

session.cc

@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ expr_t::ptr_op_t session_t::lookup(const string& name)
   const char * p = name.c_str();
   switch (*p) {
   case 'o':
-    if (std::strncmp(p, "option_", 7) == 0) {
+    if (std::strncmp(p, "opt_", 4) == 0) {
-      p = p + 7;
+      p = p + 4;
       switch (*p) {
       case 'd':
 	if (std::strcmp(p, "debug_") == 0)