Loom.Parser.Lua 2.0.0

.NET 10.0

dotnet add package Loom.Parser.Lua --version 2.0.0

NuGet\Install-Package Loom.Parser.Lua -Version 2.0.0

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Loom.Parser.Lua" Version="2.0.0" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Loom.Parser.Lua" Version="2.0.0" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Loom.Parser.Lua" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Loom.Parser.Lua --version 2.0.0

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#r "nuget: Loom.Parser.Lua, 2.0.0"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Loom.Parser.Lua@2.0.0

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Loom.Parser.Lua&version=2.0.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Loom.Parser.Lua&version=2.0.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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This parser was written due to my belief that existing, modern day Lua parsers are way too boilerplate to interact with.

Loom Parser

Loom parser is a robust recursive-descent / precedence Lua parser designed to make transforming of AST easy.
The end goal is a parser with AST you can easily interact with.

This parser is experimental, do not take the output for granted just yet.

Usage

Example

using Loom.Lua.Parser.ASTGenerator;
using Loom.Lua.Parser.ASTGenerator.AST.Statements;
using Loom.Lua.Parser.Lexer;
using Loom.Lua.Parser.Lexer.Objects;
using Loom.Lua.Parser.Preprocessor;
using Loom.Lua.Parser.PrettyPrint;

// ...

string script = File.ReadAllText("Tests\\Sample.lua");

LexicalAnalyser codeLexer = new LexicalAnalyser(script);
LexTokenList lexTokens = codeLexer.Analyze();

Preprocessor preProcessor = new Preprocessor(lexTokens);
lexTokens = preProcessor.Process();

ASTGenerator astGenerator = new ASTGenerator(lexTokens);
StatementList statements = astGenerator.ParseStatements();

PrettyPrinter prettyPrinter = new PrettyPrinter(PrettyPrinterSettings.Minify);
Console.WriteLine(prettyPrinter.Print(statements));

Supported syntax

Statements
- Locals
  - Functions
  - Variables
- Assignments
  - Multiple assignments
- Function declarations
- If .. then
- While .. do
- Return
- For .. do
- Repeat .. until
- Do
- Break
- Continue
- Calls
Expressions
- Ternary (if true then "hello" else "goodbye")
- Grouped
- Negative (E.g -10)
- Length (E.g #table)
- Not (E.g not true)
- Nil
- Function declaration (e.g function(...) print(...) end)
- Identifier (E.g print)
- Vararg (E.g ...)
- Constant (E.g 123, "hello")
- Array and records (E.g {["this"] = "hi"})
- Call (E.g math.pow(5, 5))
- Index (E.g table[1])
- Relational (E.g 4 > 3)
- Arithmetic (E.g 2 + 2)
- Logical (E.g and, or, not)
- Concat (E.g "Hello " .. "world")

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net10.0
- Tools.GeneralTK (>= 1.0.2)

NuGet packages

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
2.0.0	31	3/16/2026
1.0.0	37	3/14/2026