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.TH "mplist_deserialize" 3m17n "14 Jul 2007" "" "Version 1.4.0" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mplist_deserialize - Generate a property list by deserializing an M-text. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMPlist\fP *
\fBmplist_deserialize\fP (\fBMText\fP *
\fImt\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.ft B
mplist_deserialize()
.ft R
function parses M-text
.ft B
mt
.ft R
and returns a property list.
.PP
The syntax of
.ft B
mt
.ft R
is as follows.
.PP
MT ::= '(' ELEMENT * ')'
.PP
ELEMENT ::= SYMBOL | INTEGER | M-TEXT | PLIST
.PP
SYMBOL ::= ascii-character-sequence
.PP
INTEGER ::= '-' ? [ '0' | .. | '9' ]+ | '0x' [ '0' | .. | '9' | 'A' | .. | 'F' | 'a' | .. | 'f' ]+
.PP
M-TEXT ::= ''' character-sequence '''
.PP
Each alternatives of
.ft C
ELEMENT
.ft R
is assigned one of these keys:
.ft C
Msymbol\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Minteger\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mtext\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mplist
.ft R
.PP
In an ascii-character-sequence, a backslash (\\) is used as the escape character, which means that, for instance,
.ft C
'abc\\ def'
.ft R
produces a symbol whose name is of length seven with the fourth character being a space.