Question

I'm trying to setup a basic parser for some game data that uses a familiar and very simple "C-style" format. Basically, naming braced "structs" then putting parameters and nested "structs" inside. It would parse something like this:

Name0
{
 Name1
 {
  Param0 *= 2
  Param2 = "lol"
 }
 Param0 = 1
 Param1 = "test"

 Name2 { }
}

Name3 {
 Param0 = "test"
}

However, it is failing on even the simple input test of "Test {}", much less getting to something as advanced as my above example. The structs are setup to use fusion, and that seems straight-forward enough that I doubt it is the issue. I'm not using a couple rules currently, and most of my rules are untested because it fails when it tries the first category rule in root. This is the error I'm getting when I input "Test {}":

Error! Expecting <sequence>"{"<node> here: ""

Here's the Parser class:

 template<typename Iterator>
 struct Parser : qi::grammar<Iterator, std::vector<Category>(), ascii::space_type>
 {
  qi::rule<Iterator, std::vector<Category>(), ascii::space_type> root;

  qi::rule<Iterator, Category(), ascii::space_type> category;
  qi::rule<Iterator, Param(), ascii::space_type> param;

  qi::rule<Iterator, Node(), ascii::space_type> node;

  qi::rule<Iterator, Value(), ascii::space_type> value;

  qi::rule<Iterator, char()> escape;
  qi::rule<Iterator, std::string()> quotedstring;
  qi::rule<Iterator, std::string()> normalstring;

  qi::rule<Iterator> comment;
  qi::rule<Iterator> commentblock;

  Parser() : Parser::base_type(root, "root")
  {
   using namespace qi;

   using ascii::char_;

   using phoenix::construct;
   using phoenix::val;

   escape %= '\\' > char_("\\\"");
   quotedstring %= '"' >> *((char_ - '"') | escape) > '"';
   normalstring %= *(char_ - qi::eol);

   comment = "//" >> *(char_ - qi::eol);
   commentblock = "/*" >> *(char_ - "*/") > "*/";

   node %= category | param; //comment? comment block? holding off for now

   value %= normalstring | float_;

   param %=
    lexeme[+(char_ - operators)]
    > operators
    > value
    > qi::eol;

   category %=
    lexeme[+(char_ - '{')] //won't this grab all whitespace around the tag too?
    > '{'
    >> *node
    > '}';

    root %= *category;

    root.name("root");

    category.name("category");
    param.name("param");

    node.name("node");

    value.name("value");

    escape.name("escape");
    quotedstring.name("quotedstring");
    normalstring.name("normalstring");

    comment.name("comment");
    commentblock.name("commentblock");

    debug(root);
    debug(category);
    debug(param);
    debug(node);
    debug(value);
    debug(escape);
    debug(quotedstring);
    debug(normalstring);
    debug(comment);
    debug(commentblock);

    on_error<fail>
     (
     root,
     std::cout
     << val("Error! Expecting ")
     << _4
     << val(" here: \"")
     << construct<std::string>(_3, _2)
     << val("\"")
     << std::endl
     );
  }
 };

And an unrelated thing, is it possible to use C++11 lambdas in on_success and on_error calls? I looked into the on_error function, and it seems to have its parameters templated to the rule type, meaning a lambda would have to be defined for every single rule type (basically every rule). Is that correct? It's too bad, those phoenix lambdas are so opaque, I have no idea how to even pull out a line number and put it in a struct.

edit:

Here's the operators table:

 struct Operators : qi::symbols<char, Operator>
 {
  Operators()
  {
   add
    ("=", Operator::equal)
    ("+=", Operator::plusequal)
    ("-=", Operator::minusequal)
    ("*=", Operator::timesequal)
    ("/=", Operator::divideequal)
    ;
  }
 } operators;
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Solution

operators is not given.

I guess your node rule eats the closing } so the catagory rule cannot succeed.

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