diff -r 15973df32613 -r 2bf1516d730f progs/parser-combinators/comb1.sc
--- a/progs/parser-combinators/comb1.sc	Wed Dec 21 14:33:05 2022 +0000
+++ b/progs/parser-combinators/comb1.sc	Tue Apr 04 22:31:09 2023 +0100
@@ -6,39 +6,37 @@
 //  amm comb1.sc
 
  
-//  Note, in the lectures I did not show the implicit type constraint
-//  I : IsSeq, which means that the input type 'I' needs to be
-//  a sequence. 
+//  Note, in the lectures I did not show the type bound
+//  using is: I => Seq[_], which means that the input 
+//  type 'I' needs to be a sequence. 
 
-type IsSeq[A] = A => Seq[_]
-
-abstract class Parser[I : IsSeq, T]{
+abstract class Parser[I, T](using is: I => Seq[_])  {
   def parse(in: I): Set[(T, I)]  
 
   def parse_all(in: I) : Set[T] =
     for ((hd, tl) <- parse(in); 
-        if tl.isEmpty) yield hd
+        if is(tl).isEmpty) yield hd
 }
 
 // parser combinators
 
 // alternative parser
-class AltParser[I : IsSeq, T](p: => Parser[I, T], 
-                              q: => Parser[I, T]) extends Parser[I, T] {
+class AltParser[I, T](p: => Parser[I, T], 
+                      q: => Parser[I, T])(using I => Seq[_]) extends Parser[I, T] {
   def parse(in: I) = p.parse(in) ++ q.parse(in)   
 }
 
 // sequence parser
-class SeqParser[I : IsSeq, T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], 
-                                 q: => Parser[I, S]) extends Parser[I, (T, S)] {
+class SeqParser[I, T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], 
+                         q: => Parser[I, S])(using I => Seq[_]) extends Parser[I, (T, S)] {
   def parse(in: I) = 
     for ((hd1, tl1) <- p.parse(in); 
          (hd2, tl2) <- q.parse(tl1)) yield ((hd1, hd2), tl2)
 }
 
 // map parser
-class MapParser[I : IsSeq, T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], 
-                                 f: T => S) extends Parser[I, S] {
+class MapParser[I, T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], 
+                         f: T => S)(using I => Seq[_]) extends Parser[I, S] {
   def parse(in: I) = for ((hd, tl) <- p.parse(in)) yield (f(hd), tl)
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@
     if (in != "" && in.head == c) Set((c, in.tail)) else Set()
 }
 
-CharParser('c').parse("abc")
+CharParser('a').parse("abc")
 
 // an atomic parser for parsing strings according to a regex
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
 def StrParser(s: String) = RegexParser(Regex.quote(s).r)
 
 NumParser.parse("a123a123bc") 
-StrParser("else").parse("eelsethen")
+StrParser("else").parse("elsethen")
 
 
 // NumParserInt transforms a "string integer" into a propper Int
@@ -81,23 +79,22 @@
 //
 // p"<_some_string_>" 
 
+extension (sc: StringContext) 
+  def p(args: Any*) = StrParser(sc.s(args:_*))
 
-implicit def parser_interpolation(sc: StringContext) = new {
-  def p(args: Any*) = StrParser(sc.s(args:_*))
-}
 
 (p"else").parse("elsethen")           
 
 // more convenient syntax for parser combinators
-implicit def ParserOps[I : IsSeq, T](p: Parser[I, T]) = new {
+extension [I, T](p: Parser[I, T])(using I => Seq[_]) {
   def ||(q : => Parser[I, T]) = new AltParser[I, T](p, q)
   def ~[S] (q : => Parser[I, S]) = new SeqParser[I, T, S](p, q)
-  def map[S](f: => T => S) = new MapParser[I, T, S](p, f)
+  def mapp[S](f: => T => S) = new MapParser[I, T, S](p, f)
 }
 
 def toU(s: String) = s.map(_.toUpper)
 
-(p"ELSE").map(toU(_)).parse("ELSEifthen")  
+(p"ELSE").mapp(toU(_)).parse("ELSEifthen")  
 
 // these implicits allow us to use an infix notation for
 // sequences and alternatives; we also can write the usual
@@ -110,12 +107,10 @@
 val NumParserInt2 = NumParser.map(_.toInt)
 
 
-
-
 // A parser for palindromes (just returns them as string)
 lazy val Pal : Parser[String, String] = {
-   (p"a" ~ Pal ~ p"a").map{ case ((x, y), z) => s"$x$y$z" } || 
-   (p"b" ~ Pal ~ p"b").map{ case ((x, y), z) => s"$x$y$z" } || 
+   (p"a" ~ Pal ~ p"a").mapp{ case ((x, y), z) => s"$x$y$z" } || 
+   (p"b" ~ Pal ~ p"b").mapp{ case ((x, y), z) => s"$x$y$z" } || 
     p"a" || p"b" || p""
 }  
 
@@ -131,7 +126,7 @@
 //
 //   (transforms '(' -> '{' , ')' -> '}' )
 lazy val P : Parser[String, String] = {
-  (p"(" ~ P ~ p")" ~ P).map{ case (((_, x), _), y) => "{" + x + "}" + y } ||
+  (p"(" ~ P ~ p")" ~ P).mapp{ case (((_, x), _), y) => "{" + x + "}" + y } ||
   p""
 }  
 
@@ -233,13 +228,28 @@
 println(E.parse("1"))
 println(E.parse("(1)"))
 println(E.parse("((1))"))
-//println(E.parse("(((1)))"))
-//println(E.parse("((((1))))"))
+println(E.parse("(((1)))"))
+println(E.parse("((((1))))"))
 //println(E.parse("((((((1))))))"))
 //println(E.parse("(((((((1)))))))"))
-//println(E.parse("((((((((1)))))))"))
+//println(E.parse("((((((((1))))))))"))
 
 
+// faster because of merge
+lazy val E2: Parser[String, Int] = {
+  (T2 ~ (p"+" || p"-") ~ E2).mapp[Int]{ case ((x, y), z) => if (y == "+") x + z else x - z} || T2 }
+lazy val T2: Parser[String, Int] = {
+  (F2 ~ p"*" ~ T2).mapp[Int]{ case ((x, _), z) => x * z } || F2 }
+lazy val F2: Parser[String, Int] = {
+  (p"(" ~ E2 ~ p")").mapp[Int]{ case ((_, y), _) => y } || NumParserInt }
 
 
-// runs with amm2 and amm3
+println("Runtime problem")
+println(E2.parse("1"))
+println(E2.parse("(1)"))
+println(E2.parse("((1))"))
+println(E2.parse("(((1)))"))
+println(E2.parse("((((1))))"))
+//println(E2.parse("((((((1))))))"))
+//println(E2.parse("(((((((1)))))))"))
+//println(E2.parse("((((((((1))))))))"))
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