declaration = r'''testparser := (a,b)* a := 'a' b := 'b' ''' testdata = 'aba' expectedResult = (1, [('a',0,1,[]), ('b',1,2,[])], 2 ) from simpleparse.simpleparsegrammar import Parser from simpleparse.stt.TextTools import TextTools import pprint parser = Parser( declaration ).generator.buildParser('testparser' ) result = TextTools.tag( testdata, parser ) if result != expectedResult: print 'backup-on-subtable-test failed' print '\texpected', pprint.pprint( expectedResult ) print '\tgot', pprint.pprint( result )