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Lua

local M = {}
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--- eat_while
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--- @param s string
--- @param pos number
--- @param predicate fun(c: string, i: number, s: string): boolean
function M.eat_while(s, pos, predicate)
local eaten = ''
local curr = pos
local watchdog = 0
while curr <= #s do
watchdog = watchdog + 1
if watchdog > #s then error 'infinite loop' end
local c = s:sub(curr, curr)
if not predicate(c, curr, s) then break end
eaten = eaten .. c
curr = curr + 1
end
return eaten, curr
end
--- @param c string
function M.is_whitespace(c) return c == ' ' or c == '\t' or c == '\n' end
return M