[ipxe-devel] Syntax check of ipxe-scripts available?

[Michael Brown]

On 24/07/13 14:33, Robin Smidsrød wrote:
> Michael: Is the script parser well factored out, or is it _everywhere_?
> I'm assuming it doesn't compile down to a proper AST, does it?

No, it doesn't get compiled at all.  You can't sensibly syntax-check the 
script before runtime because you could legitimately do something like:

   #!ipxe
   read command
   ${command} some arguments

in which the command to be executed cannot be known in advance.

Michael