tests/testthat/test.lex_re2.R

In rly: Tools to Create Formal Language Parser

#! /usr/bin/env Rscript

library(testthat)
library(rly)

context("Regular expression rule matches empty string")

Lexer <- R6::R6Class("Lexer",
  public = list(
    tokens = c('NUMBER', 'PLUS','MINUS'),
    t_PLUS = '\\+?',
    t_MINUS = '-',
    t_NUMBER = '\\d+',
    t_error = function(t) { }
  )
)

test_that("regex matches empty string", {
  expect_output(expect_error(rly::lex(Lexer), "Can't build lexer"),
  "ERROR .* Regular expression for rule 't_PLUS' matches empty string")
})