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llama.cpp/common/peg-parser.h
Aldehir Rojas 0a8026e768 common : introduce composable PEG parser combinators for chat parsing (#17136)
* common : implement parser combinators to simplify chat parsing

* add virtual destructor to parser_base

* fix memory leak from circular references of rules

* implement gbnf grammar building

* remove unused private variable

* create a base visitor and implement id assignment as a visitor

* fix const ref for grammar builder

* clean up types, friend classes, and class declarations

* remove builder usage from until_parser

* Use a counter class to help assign rule ids

* cache everything

* add short description for each parser

* create a type for the root parser

* implement repetition parser

* Make optional, one_or_more, and zero_or_more subclasses of repetition

* improve context constructor

* improve until parsing and add benchmarks

* remove cached() pattern, cache in parser_base with specialized parsing functions for each parser

* improve json parsing performance to better match legacy parsing

* fix const auto * it for windows

* move id assignment to classes instead of using a visitor

* create named rules in the command r7b example

* use '.' for any in GBNF

* fix parens around choices in gbnf grammar

* add convenience operators to turn strings to literals

* add free-form operators for const char * to simplify defining literals

* simplify test case parser

* implement semantic actions

* remove groups in favor of actions and a scratchpad

* add built in actions for common operations

* add actions to command r7b example

* use std::default_searcher for platforms that don't have bm

* improve parser_type handling and add cast helper

* add partial result type to better control when to run actions

* fix bug in until()

* run actions on partial results by default

* use common_chat_msg for result

* add qwen3 example wip

* trash partial idea and simplify

* move action arguments to a struct

* implement aho-corasick matcher for until_parser and to build exclusion grammars

* use std::string for input, since std::string_view is incompatible with std::regex

* Refactor tests

* improve qwen3 example

* implement sax-style parsing and refactor

* fix json string in test

* rename classes to use common_chat_ prefix

* remove is_ suffix from functions

* rename from id_counter to just counter

* Final refactored tests

* Fix executable name and editorconfig-checker

* Third time's the charm...

* add trigger parser to begin lazy grammar rule generation

* working lazy grammar

* refactor json rules now that we check for reachability

* reduce pointer usage

* print out grammars in example

* rename to chat-peg-parser* and common_chat_peg_parser*

* Revert unrelated changes

* New macros for CMakeLists to enable multi-file compilations

* starting unicode support

* add unicode support to char_parser

* use unparsed args as additional sources

* Refactor tests to new harness

* Fix CMakeLists

* fix rate calculation

* add unicode tests

* fix trailing whitespace and line endings

skip-checks: true

* Helpers + rewrite qwen3 with helpers

* Fix whitespace

* extract unicode functions to separate file

* refactor parse unicode function

* fix compiler error

* improve construction of sequence/choice parsers

* be less clever

* add make_parser helper function

* expand usage of make_parser, alias common_chat_msg_peg_parser_builder to builder in source

* lower bench iterations

* add unicode support to until_parser

* add unicode support to json_string_parser

* clean up unicode tests

* reduce unicode details to match src/unicode.cpp

* simplify even further

* remove unused functions

* fix type

* reformat char class parsing

* clean up json string parser

* clean up + fix diagnostics

* reorder includes

* compact builder functions

* replace action_parser with capture_parser, rename env to semantics

* rename env to semantics

* clean up common_chat_parse_context

* move type() to below constant

* use default constructor for common_chat_peg_parser

* make all operators functions for consistency

* fix compilation errors in test-optional.cpp

* simplify result values

* rename json_string_unquoted to json_string_content

* Move helper to separate class, add separate explicit and helper classes

* Whitespace

* Change + to append()

* Reformat

* Add extra helpers, tests and Minimax example

* Add some extra optional debugging prints + real example of how to use them

* fix bug in repetitions when min_count = 0 reports failures

* dump rule in debug

* fix token accumulation and assert parsing never fails

* indent debug by depth

* use LOG_* in tests so logs sync up with test logs

* - Add selective testing
- Refactor all messaging to use LOG_ERR
- Fix lack of argument / tool name capturing
- Temporary fix for double event capture

* refactor rule() and introduce ref()

* clean up visitor

* clean up indirection in root parser w.r.t rules

* store shared ptr directly in parser classes

* replace aho-corasick automation with a simple trie

* Reset prev for qwen3 helper example variant

* refactor to use value semantics with std::variant/std::visit

* simplify trie_matcher result

* fix linting issues

* add annotations to rules

* revert test workaround

* implement serializing the parser

* remove redundant parsers

* remove tests

* gbnf generation fixes

* remove LOG_* use in tests

* update gbnf tests to test entire grammar

* clean up gbnf generation and fix a few bugs

* fix typo in test output

* remove implicit conversion rules

* improve test output

* rename trie_matcher to trie

* simplify trie to just know if a node is the end of a word

* remove common_chat_ prefix and ensure a common_peg_ prefix to all types

* rename chat-peg-parser -> peg-parser

* promote chat-peg-parser-helper to chat-peg-parser

* checkpoint

* use a static_assert to ensure we handle every branch

* inline trivial peg parser builders

* use json strings for now

* implement basic and native chat peg parser builders/extractors

* resolve refs to their rules

* remove packrat caching (for now)

* update tests

* compare parsers with incremental input

* benchmark both complete and incremental parsing

* add raw string generation from json schema

* add support for string schemas in gbnf generation

* fix qwen example to include \n

* tidy up example

* rename extractor to mapper

* rename ast_arena to ast

* place basic tests into one

* use gbnf_format_literal from json-schema-to-grammar

* integrate parser with common/chat and server

* clean up schema and serialization

* add json-schema raw string tests

* clean up json creation and remove capture parser

* trim spaces from reasoning and content

* clean up redundant rules and comments

* rename input_is_complete to is_partial to match rest of project

* simplify json rules

* remove extraneous file

* remove comment

* implement += and |= operators

* add comments to qwen3 implementation

* reorder arguments to common_chat_peg_parse

* remove commented outdated tests

* add explicit copy constructor

* fix operators and constness

* wip: update test-chat for qwen3-coder

* bring json parser closer to json-schema-to-grammar rules

* trim trailing space for most things

* fix qwen3 coder rules w.r.t. trailing spaces

* group rules

* do not trim trailing space from string args

* tweak spacing of qwen3 grammar

* update qwen3-coder tests

* qwen3-coder small fixes

* place parser in common_chat_syntax to simplify invocation

* use std::set to collect rules to keep order predictable for tests

* initialize parser to make certain platforms happy

* revert back to std::unordered_set, sort rule names at the end instead

* uncomment rest of chat tests

* define explicit default constructor

* improve arena init and server integration

* fix chat test

* add json_member()

* add a comprehensive native example

* clean up example qwen test and add response_format example to native test

* make build_peg_parser accept std::function instead of template

* change peg parser parameters into const ref

* push tool call on tool open for constructed parser

* add parsing documentation

* clean up some comments

* add json schema support to qwen3-coder

* add id initializer in tests

* remove grammar debug line from qwen3-coder

* refactor qwen3-coder to use sequence over operators

* only call common_chat_peg_parse if appropriate format

* simplify qwen3-coder space handling

* revert qwen3-coder implementation

* revert json-schema-to-grammar changes

* remove unnecessary forward declaration

* small adjustment to until_parser

* rename C/C++ files to use dashes

* codeowners : add aldehir to peg-parser and related files

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Co-authored-by: Piotr Wilkin <piotr.wilkin@syndatis.com>
2025-12-03 12:45:32 +02:00

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#pragma once
#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
#include <memory>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <functional>
#include <vector>
#include <variant>
struct common_grammar_builder;
class common_peg_parser_builder;
using common_peg_parser_id = size_t;
constexpr common_peg_parser_id COMMON_PEG_INVALID_PARSER_ID = static_cast<common_peg_parser_id>(-1);
using common_peg_ast_id = size_t;
constexpr common_peg_ast_id COMMON_PEG_INVALID_AST_ID = static_cast<common_peg_ast_id>(-1);
// Lightweight wrapper around common_peg_parser_id for convenience
class common_peg_parser {
common_peg_parser_id id_;
common_peg_parser_builder & builder_;
public:
common_peg_parser(const common_peg_parser & other) : id_(other.id_), builder_(other.builder_) {}
common_peg_parser(common_peg_parser_id id, common_peg_parser_builder & builder) : id_(id), builder_(builder) {}
common_peg_parser & operator=(const common_peg_parser & other);
common_peg_parser & operator+=(const common_peg_parser & other);
common_peg_parser & operator|=(const common_peg_parser & other);
operator common_peg_parser_id() const { return id_; }
common_peg_parser_id id() const { return id_; }
common_peg_parser_builder & builder() const { return builder_; }
// Creates a sequence
common_peg_parser operator+(const common_peg_parser & other) const;
// Creates a sequence separated by spaces.
common_peg_parser operator<<(const common_peg_parser & other) const;
// Creates a choice
common_peg_parser operator|(const common_peg_parser & other) const;
common_peg_parser operator+(const char * str) const;
common_peg_parser operator+(const std::string & str) const;
common_peg_parser operator<<(const char * str) const;
common_peg_parser operator<<(const std::string & str) const;
common_peg_parser operator|(const char * str) const;
common_peg_parser operator|(const std::string & str) const;
};
common_peg_parser operator+(const char * str, const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_parser operator+(const std::string & str, const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_parser operator<<(const char * str, const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_parser operator<<(const std::string & str, const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_parser operator|(const char * str, const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_parser operator|(const std::string & str, const common_peg_parser & p);
enum common_peg_parse_result_type {
COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_FAIL = 0,
COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_SUCCESS = 1,
COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_NEED_MORE_INPUT = 2,
};
const char * common_peg_parse_result_type_name(common_peg_parse_result_type type);
struct common_peg_ast_node {
common_peg_ast_id id;
std::string rule;
std::string tag;
size_t start;
size_t end;
std::string_view text;
std::vector<common_peg_ast_id> children;
bool is_partial = false;
};
struct common_peg_parse_result;
using common_peg_ast_visitor = std::function<void(const common_peg_ast_node & node)>;
class common_peg_ast_arena {
std::vector<common_peg_ast_node> nodes_;
public:
common_peg_ast_id add_node(
const std::string & rule,
const std::string & tag,
size_t start,
size_t end,
std::string_view text,
std::vector<common_peg_ast_id> children,
bool is_partial = false
) {
common_peg_ast_id id = nodes_.size();
nodes_.push_back({id, rule, tag, start, end, text, std::move(children), is_partial});
return id;
}
const common_peg_ast_node & get(common_peg_ast_id id) const { return nodes_.at(id); }
size_t size() const { return nodes_.size(); }
void clear() { nodes_.clear(); }
void visit(common_peg_ast_id id, const common_peg_ast_visitor & visitor) const;
void visit(const common_peg_parse_result & result, const common_peg_ast_visitor & visitor) const;
};
struct common_peg_parse_result {
common_peg_parse_result_type type = COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_FAIL;
size_t start = 0;
size_t end = 0;
std::vector<common_peg_ast_id> nodes;
common_peg_parse_result() = default;
common_peg_parse_result(common_peg_parse_result_type type, size_t start)
: type(type), start(start), end(start) {}
common_peg_parse_result(common_peg_parse_result_type type, size_t start, size_t end)
: type(type), start(start), end(end) {}
common_peg_parse_result(common_peg_parse_result_type type, size_t start, size_t end, std::vector<common_peg_ast_id> nodes)
: type(type), start(start), end(end), nodes(std::move(nodes)) {}
bool fail() const { return type == COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_FAIL; }
bool need_more_input() const { return type == COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_NEED_MORE_INPUT; }
bool success() const { return type == COMMON_PEG_PARSE_RESULT_SUCCESS; }
};
struct common_peg_parse_context {
std::string input;
bool is_partial;
common_peg_ast_arena ast;
int parse_depth;
common_peg_parse_context()
: is_partial(false), parse_depth(0) {}
common_peg_parse_context(const std::string & input)
: input(input), is_partial(false), parse_depth(0) {}
common_peg_parse_context(const std::string & input, bool is_partial)
: input(input), is_partial(is_partial), parse_depth(0) {}
};
class common_peg_arena;
// Parser variants
struct common_peg_epsilon_parser {};
struct common_peg_start_parser {};
struct common_peg_end_parser {};
struct common_peg_literal_parser {
std::string literal;
};
struct common_peg_sequence_parser {
std::vector<common_peg_parser_id> children;
};
struct common_peg_choice_parser {
std::vector<common_peg_parser_id> children;
};
struct common_peg_repetition_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
int min_count;
int max_count; // -1 for unbounded
};
struct common_peg_and_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
};
struct common_peg_not_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
};
struct common_peg_any_parser {};
struct common_peg_space_parser {};
struct common_peg_chars_parser {
struct char_range {
uint32_t start;
uint32_t end;
bool contains(uint32_t codepoint) const { return codepoint >= start && codepoint <= end; }
};
std::string pattern;
std::vector<char_range> ranges;
bool negated;
int min_count;
int max_count; // -1 for unbounded
};
struct common_peg_json_string_parser {};
struct common_peg_until_parser {
std::vector<std::string> delimiters;
};
struct common_peg_schema_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
std::string name;
std::shared_ptr<nlohmann::ordered_json> schema;
// Indicates if the GBNF should accept a raw string that matches the schema.
bool raw;
};
struct common_peg_rule_parser {
std::string name;
common_peg_parser_id child;
bool trigger;
};
struct common_peg_ref_parser {
std::string name;
};
struct common_peg_atomic_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
};
struct common_peg_tag_parser {
common_peg_parser_id child;
std::string tag;
};
// Variant holding all parser types
using common_peg_parser_variant = std::variant<
common_peg_epsilon_parser,
common_peg_start_parser,
common_peg_end_parser,
common_peg_literal_parser,
common_peg_sequence_parser,
common_peg_choice_parser,
common_peg_repetition_parser,
common_peg_and_parser,
common_peg_not_parser,
common_peg_any_parser,
common_peg_space_parser,
common_peg_chars_parser,
common_peg_json_string_parser,
common_peg_until_parser,
common_peg_schema_parser,
common_peg_rule_parser,
common_peg_ref_parser,
common_peg_atomic_parser,
common_peg_tag_parser
>;
class common_peg_arena {
std::vector<common_peg_parser_variant> parsers_;
std::unordered_map<std::string, common_peg_parser_id> rules_;
common_peg_parser_id root_ = COMMON_PEG_INVALID_PARSER_ID;
public:
const common_peg_parser_variant & get(common_peg_parser_id id) const { return parsers_.at(id); }
common_peg_parser_variant & get(common_peg_parser_id id) { return parsers_.at(id); }
size_t size() const { return parsers_.size(); }
bool empty() const { return parsers_.empty(); }
common_peg_parser_id get_rule(const std::string & name) const;
bool has_rule(const std::string & name) const { return rules_.find(name) != rules_.end(); }
common_peg_parser_id root() const { return root_; }
void set_root(common_peg_parser_id id) { root_ = id; }
common_peg_parse_result parse(common_peg_parse_context & ctx, size_t start = 0) const;
common_peg_parse_result parse(common_peg_parser_id id, common_peg_parse_context & ctx, size_t start) const;
void resolve_refs();
void build_grammar(const common_grammar_builder & builder, bool lazy = false) const;
std::string dump(common_peg_parser_id id) const;
nlohmann::json to_json() const;
static common_peg_arena from_json(const nlohmann::json & j);
std::string save() const;
void load(const std::string & data);
friend class common_peg_parser_builder;
private:
common_peg_parser_id add_parser(common_peg_parser_variant parser);
void add_rule(const std::string & name, common_peg_parser_id id);
common_peg_parser_id resolve_ref(common_peg_parser_id id);
};
class common_peg_parser_builder {
common_peg_arena arena_;
common_peg_parser wrap(common_peg_parser_id id) { return common_peg_parser(id, *this); }
common_peg_parser add(const common_peg_parser_variant & p) { return wrap(arena_.add_parser(p)); }
public:
common_peg_parser_builder();
// Match nothing, always succeed.
// S -> ε
common_peg_parser eps() { return add(common_peg_epsilon_parser{}); }
// Matches the start of the input.
// S -> ^
common_peg_parser start() { return add(common_peg_start_parser{}); }
// Matches the end of the input.
// S -> $
common_peg_parser end() { return add(common_peg_end_parser{}); }
// Matches an exact literal string.
// S -> "hello"
common_peg_parser literal(const std::string & literal) { return add(common_peg_literal_parser{literal}); }
// Matches a sequence of parsers in order, all must succeed.
// S -> A B C
common_peg_parser sequence() { return add(common_peg_sequence_parser{}); }
common_peg_parser sequence(const std::vector<common_peg_parser_id> & parsers);
common_peg_parser sequence(const std::vector<common_peg_parser> & parsers);
common_peg_parser sequence(std::initializer_list<common_peg_parser> parsers);
// Matches the first parser that succeeds from a list of alternatives.
// S -> A | B | C
common_peg_parser choice() { return add(common_peg_choice_parser{}); }
common_peg_parser choice(const std::vector<common_peg_parser_id> & parsers);
common_peg_parser choice(const std::vector<common_peg_parser> & parsers);
common_peg_parser choice(std::initializer_list<common_peg_parser> parsers);
// Matches one or more repetitions of a parser.
// S -> A+
common_peg_parser one_or_more(const common_peg_parser & p) { return repeat(p, 1, -1); }
// Matches zero or more repetitions of a parser, always succeeds.
// S -> A*
common_peg_parser zero_or_more(const common_peg_parser & p) { return repeat(p, 0, -1); }
// Matches zero or one occurrence of a parser, always succeeds.
// S -> A?
common_peg_parser optional(const common_peg_parser & p) { return repeat(p, 0, 1); }
// Positive lookahead: succeeds if child parser succeeds, consumes no input.
// S -> &A
common_peg_parser peek(const common_peg_parser & p) { return add(common_peg_and_parser{p}); }
// Negative lookahead: succeeds if child parser fails, consumes no input.
// S -> !A
common_peg_parser negate(const common_peg_parser & p) { return add(common_peg_not_parser{p}); }
// Matches any single character.
// S -> .
common_peg_parser any() { return add(common_peg_any_parser{}); }
// Matches between min and max repetitions of characters from a character class.
// S -> [a-z]{m,n}
//
// Use -1 for max to represent unbounded repetition (equivalent to {m,})
common_peg_parser chars(const std::string & classes, int min = 1, int max = -1);
// Creates a lightweight reference to a named rule (resolved during build()).
// Use this for forward references in recursive grammars.
// expr_ref -> expr
common_peg_parser ref(const std::string & name) { return add(common_peg_ref_parser{name}); }
// Matches zero or more whitespace characters (space, tab, newline).
// S -> [ \t\n]*
common_peg_parser space() { return add(common_peg_space_parser{}); }
// Matches all characters until a delimiter is found (delimiter not consumed).
// S -> (!delim .)*
common_peg_parser until(const std::string & delimiter) { return add(common_peg_until_parser{{delimiter}}); }
// Matches all characters until one of the delimiters in the list is found (delimiter not consumed).
// S -> (!delim .)*
common_peg_parser until_one_of(const std::vector<std::string> & delimiters) { return add(common_peg_until_parser{delimiters}); }
// Matches everything
// S -> .*
common_peg_parser rest() { return until_one_of({}); }
// Matches between min and max repetitions of a parser (inclusive).
// S -> A{m,n}
// Use -1 for max to represent unbounded repetition (equivalent to {m,})
common_peg_parser repeat(const common_peg_parser & p, int min, int max) { return add(common_peg_repetition_parser{p, min,max}); }
// Matches exactly n repetitions of a parser.
// S -> A{n}
common_peg_parser repeat(const common_peg_parser & p, int n) { return repeat(p, n, n); }
// Creates a complete JSON parser supporting objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null.
// value -> object | array | string | number | true | false | null
common_peg_parser json();
common_peg_parser json_object();
common_peg_parser json_string();
common_peg_parser json_array();
common_peg_parser json_number();
common_peg_parser json_bool();
common_peg_parser json_null();
// Matches JSON string content without the surrounding quotes.
// Useful for extracting content within a JSON string.
common_peg_parser json_string_content();
// Matches a JSON object member with a key and associated parser as the
// value.
common_peg_parser json_member(const std::string & key, const common_peg_parser & p);
// Wraps a parser with JSON schema metadata for grammar generation.
// Used internally to convert JSON schemas to GBNF grammar rules.
common_peg_parser schema(const common_peg_parser & p, const std::string & name, const nlohmann::ordered_json & schema, bool raw = false);
// Creates a named rule, stores it in the grammar, and returns a ref.
// If trigger=true, marks this rule as an entry point for lazy grammar generation.
// auto json = p.rule("json", json_obj | json_arr | ...)
common_peg_parser rule(const std::string & name, const common_peg_parser & p, bool trigger = false);
// Creates a named rule using a builder function, and returns a ref.
// If trigger=true, marks this rule as an entry point for lazy grammar generation.
// auto json = p.rule("json", [&]() { return json_object() | json_array() | ... })
common_peg_parser rule(const std::string & name, const std::function<common_peg_parser()> & builder, bool trigger = false);
// Creates a trigger rule. When generating a lazy grammar from the parser,
// only trigger rules and descendents are emitted.
common_peg_parser trigger_rule(const std::string & name, const common_peg_parser & p) { return rule(name, p, true); }
common_peg_parser trigger_rule(const std::string & name, const std::function<common_peg_parser()> & builder) { return rule(name, builder, true); }
// Creates an atomic parser. Atomic parsers do not create an AST node if
// the child results in a partial parse, i.e. NEEDS_MORE_INPUT. This is
// intended for situations where partial output is undesirable.
common_peg_parser atomic(const common_peg_parser & p) { return add(common_peg_atomic_parser{p}); }
// Tags create nodes in the generated AST for semantic purposes.
// Unlike rules, you can tag multiple nodes with the same tag.
common_peg_parser tag(const std::string & tag, const common_peg_parser & p) { return add(common_peg_tag_parser{p.id(), tag}); }
void set_root(const common_peg_parser & p);
common_peg_arena build();
};
// Helper function for building parsers
common_peg_arena build_peg_parser(const std::function<common_peg_parser(common_peg_parser_builder & builder)> & fn);