// append opens the given file or stream and parses it as a .dc file. The distributed
// classes defined in the file are added to the list of classes associated with the File.
// When appending from a stream, a filename is optional only used to report errors.
bool append(File* f, istream &in, const string &filename)
{
init_file_parser(in, filename, *f);
run_parser();
cleanup_parser();
return (parser_error_count() == 0);
}
string parse_value(const DistributedType* dtype, istream &in, bool &err)
{
string value;
try
{
init_value_parser(in, "parse_value()", dtype, value);
run_parser();
cleanup_parser();
}
catch(const exception& e)
{
err = true;
return string("parse_value() error: ") + e.what();
}
if(parser_error_count() > 0)
{
err = true;
return string("parse value(): unknown error");
}
err = false;
return value;
}