elua: prepare xgettext for flag comments and try to emulate xgettext's silly behavior when it comes to concatenating comments

src/bin/elua/apps/xgettext.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local input_sources  = {}
 local search_dirs    = {}
 local excluded_files = {}
 local keywords       = {}
-local flags          = {}
+local flags          = { valid = {} }
 
 local opts_final = {}
 local opts_nolua = {}

src/bin/elua/modules/xgettext/lexer.lua

@@ -144,14 +144,20 @@ local read_string = function(ls)
     return tconc(buf)
 end
 
+local last_comment = false
+
 local match_comment = function(ls, cmt)
+    cmt = cmt:match("^%s*(.+)%s*$")
+    if ls.flags[cmt] then
+        return "<flagcomment>", cmt
+    end
     local   lcmt = ls.lex_cmt
     if not  lcmt then return nil end
     if type(lcmt) ~= "string" then
         return "<comment>", cmt
     end
-    lcmt = lcmt:match("^%s*(.+)$")
+    lcmt = lcmt:match("^%s*(.+)%s*$")
-    if cmt:match("^%s*(.+)$"):sub(1, #lcmt) == lcmt then
+    if last_comment or cmt:sub(1, #lcmt) == lcmt then
         return "<comment>", cmt
     end
     return nil
@@ -249,8 +255,12 @@ local lex_main = function(ls)
         local opt = lex_tbl[c]
         if opt then
             local t, v = opt(ls)
-            if t then yield(t, v) end
+            if t then
+                last_comment = t == "<comment>"
+                yield(t, v)
+            end
         else
+            last_comment = false
             yield(lex_default(ls))
         end
     end
@@ -291,7 +301,7 @@ local ls_get = function(self)
     return tok
 end
 
-return { init = function(chunkname, input, opts)
+return { init = function(chunkname, input, flags, opts)
     local reader = type(input) == "string" and strstream(input) or input
     local current = skip_shebang(reader)
     local ls = {
@@ -301,7 +311,8 @@ return { init = function(chunkname, input, opts)
         current     = current,
         line_number = 1,
         get         = ls_get,
-        lex_cmt     = opts["c"]
+        lex_cmt     = opts["c"],
+        flags       = flags.valid
     }
     local coro = coroutine.wrap(lex_main, ls)
     ls.coro = coro

src/bin/elua/modules/xgettext/parser.lua

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ local lexer = require("xgettext.lexer")
 local syntax_error = lexer.syntax_error
 
 local yield = coroutine.yield
+local tconc = table.concat
 
-local saved_comment
+local saved_flagcomments = {}
+local saved_comments     = {}
 
 local check_match = function(ls, a, b, line)
     if ls.token.name ~= a then
@@ -100,7 +102,10 @@ local parse = function(ls, keywords)
     local tok = ls.token
     while tok.name ~= "<eof>" do
         if tok.name == "<comment>" then
-            saved_comment = tok.value
+            saved_comments[#saved_comments + 1] = tok.value
+            ls:get()
+        elseif tok.name == "<flagcomment>" then
+            saved_flagcomments[#saved_flagcomments + 1] = tok.value
             ls:get()
         elseif tok.name == "<name>" and keywords[tok.value] then
             local line = ls.line_number
@@ -120,11 +125,15 @@ local parse = function(ls, keywords)
             if        not n1argt  then goto skip end
             if n2 and not n2argt  then goto skip end
             if cx and not cxargt  then goto skip end
-            local sc = saved_comment
+            local sc = saved_comments
-            saved_comment = nil
+            saved_comments = {}
+            sc = tconc(sc, "\n")
+            local fsc = saved_flagcomments
+            saved_flagcomments = {}
             yield {
                 n1arg[1], n2 and n2arg[1], context = cx and cxarg[1],
-                xcomment = kw.xcomment, comment = sc, line = line
+                xcomment = kw.xcomment, comment = sc, line = line,
+                flags = fsc
             }
         else
             ls:get()
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ local parse_all = function(ls)
 end
 
 return { init = function (chunkname, input, keywords, flags, opts)
-    local ls = lexer.init(chunkname, input, opts)
+    local ls = lexer.init(chunkname, input, flags, opts)
     ls:get()
     local coro = coroutine.wrap(opts["a"] and parse_all or parse, ls, keywords)
     coro(ls, keywords)