Task: Brace expansion




Go: package expand


type Expander interface {
	Expand() []string
}


type Text string

func (t Text) Expand() []string { return []string{string(t)} }



type Alternation []Expander

func (alt Alternation) Expand() []string {
	var out []string
	for _, e := range alt {
		out = append(out, e.Expand()...)
	}
	return out
}



type Sequence []Expander

func (seq Sequence) Expand() []string {
	if len(seq) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	out := seq[0].Expand()
	for _, e := range seq[1:] {
		out = combine(out, e.Expand())
	}
	return out
}

func combine(al, bl []string) []string {
	out := make([]string, 0, len(al)*len(bl))
	for _, a := range al {
		for _, b := range bl {
			out = append(out, a+b)
		}
	}
	return out
}


const (
	escape   = '\\'
	altStart = '{'
	altEnd   = '}'
	altSep   = ','
)

type piT struct{ pos, cnt, depth int }

type Brace string













func Expand(s string) []string   { return Brace(s).Expand() }
func (b Brace) Expand() []string { return b.Expander().Expand() }
func (b Brace) Expander() Expander {
	s := string(b)
	
	var posInfo []piT
	var stack []int 
	removePosInfo := func(i int) {
		end := len(posInfo) - 1
		copy(posInfo[i:end], posInfo[i+1:])
		posInfo = posInfo[:end]
	}

	inEscape := false
	for i, r := range s {
		if inEscape {
			inEscape = false
			continue
		}
		switch r {
		case escape:
			inEscape = true
		case altStart:
			stack = append(stack, len(posInfo))
			posInfo = append(posInfo, piT{i, 0, len(stack)})
		case altEnd:
			if len(stack) == 0 {
				continue
			}
			si := len(stack) - 1
			pi := stack[si]
			if posInfo[pi].cnt == 0 {
				removePosInfo(pi)
				for pi < len(posInfo) {
					if posInfo[pi].depth == len(stack) {
						removePosInfo(pi)
					} else {
						pi++
					}
				}
			} else {
				posInfo = append(posInfo, piT{i, -2, len(stack)})
			}
			stack = stack[:si]
		case altSep:
			if len(stack) == 0 {
				continue
			}
			posInfo = append(posInfo, piT{i, -1, len(stack)})
			posInfo[stack[len(stack)-1]].cnt++
		}
	}
	
	for len(stack) > 0 {
		si := len(stack) - 1
		pi := stack[si]
		depth := posInfo[pi].depth
		removePosInfo(pi)
		for pi < len(posInfo) {
			if posInfo[pi].depth == depth {
				removePosInfo(pi)
			} else {
				pi++
			}
		}
		stack = stack[:si]
	}
	return buildExp(s, 0, posInfo)
}

func buildExp(s string, off int, info []piT) Expander {
	if len(info) == 0 {
		return Text(s)
	}
	
	var seq Sequence
	i := 0
	var dj, j, depth int
	for dk, piK := range info {
		k := piK.pos - off
		switch s[k] {
		case altStart:
			if depth == 0 {
				dj = dk
				j = k
				depth = piK.depth
			}
		case altEnd:
			if piK.depth != depth {
				continue
			}
			if j > i {
				seq = append(seq, Text(s[i:j]))
			}
			alt := buildAlt(s[j+1:k], depth, j+1+off, info[dj+1:dk])
			seq = append(seq, alt)
			i = k + 1
			depth = 0
		}
	}
	if j := len(s); j > i {
		seq = append(seq, Text(s[i:j]))
	}
	if len(seq) == 1 {
		return seq[0]
	}
	return seq
}

func buildAlt(s string, depth, off int, info []piT) Alternation {
	
	var alt Alternation
	i := 0
	var di int
	for dk, piK := range info {
		if piK.depth != depth {
			continue
		}
		if k := piK.pos - off; s[k] == altSep {
			sub := buildExp(s[i:k], i+off, info[di:dk])
			alt = append(alt, sub)
			i = k + 1
			di = dk + 1
		}
	}
	sub := buildExp(s[i:], i+off, info[di:])
	alt = append(alt, sub)
	return alt
}




Python: def getitem(s, depth=0):
    out = [""]
    while s:
        c = s[0]
        if depth and (c == ',' or c == '}'):
            return out,s
        if c == '{':
            x = getgroup(s[1:], depth+1)
            if x:
                out,s = [a+b for a in out for b in x[0]], x[1]
                continue
        if c == '\\' and len(s) > 1:
            s, c = s[1:], c + s[1]

        out, s = [a+c for a in out], s[1:]

    return out,s

def getgroup(s, depth):
    out, comma = [], False
    while s:
        g,s = getitem(s, depth)
        if not s: break
        out += g

        if s[0] == '}':
            if comma: return out, s[1:]
            return ['{' + a + '}' for a in out], s[1:]

        if s[0] == ',':
            comma,s = True, s[1:]

    return None


for s in .split('\n'):
    print "\n\t".join([s] + getitem(s)[0]) + "\n"