SMRTR ProgrammingJul 19, 2026Hacker News

Lark: a parsing toolkit for Python

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Lark is a Python parsing toolkit that handles all context-free grammars using both Earley and LALR(1) algorithms, automatically building annotated parse trees without extra construction code. It outperforms popular alternatives like PLY and PyParsing in speed and feature coverage, supports ambiguous grammars, and runs on any Python interpreter , making it a solid choice for building DSLs, compilers, or custom query languages.

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