only expand used branches selected by parser functions. Template (and
-argument) expansion is simply registered before general expansion.
Additionally, a few more simple time-based magic words are added in
ParserFunctions.
values. This includes comments, templates and template arguments.
This also replaces the specialized expansion logic in the TemplateHandler. The
removal of link validation lets one more parser test fail for now. External
link target validation will need to be implemented in the token stream handler
for links. This is noted as TODO in
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Future/Parser_development#Token_stream_transforms.
functionality (comments, templates, template arguments) in arbitrary
attributes. The grammar for this is still quite rough, will need to
consolidate that area.
other tokens. This is only the first half of the conversion. The next step is
to drop the type attribute on most tokens and match on the constructor in the
token transform machinery.
improvements to parser functions on the way to support the cite extensions.
Preparation for generic template and template arg in attribute support. 222
parser tests now passing.
page like this:
cd extensions/VisualEditor/modules/parser
echo '{{:Main Page}}' | node parse.js
echo '{{:Main Page}}' | node parse.js --html
echo '{{:Main Page}}' | node parse.js --debug
Even the date-based includes work somewhat, although they don't yet accept
passed-in dates.
