/// <summary>
/// Skip over whitespace and comments, then return the first char of the next token.
/// (This may be '\0' if the end of file is reached.)
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The first char of the next token.</returns>
public char GetCharSkippingTrivia()
{
var inLineComment = false;
while (true)
{
var c = _reader.PeekChar();
// Report EOF no matter what.
if (c == '\0')
{
return(c);
}
// Parse \r or \n or \r\n as a newline.
var isNewLine = false;
if (c == '\r')
{
_reader.GetChar();
c = _reader.PeekChar();
isNewLine = true;
}
if (c == '\n')
{
_reader.GetChar();
isNewLine = true;
}
if (isNewLine)
{
inLineComment = false;
continue;
}
// Skip over non-newline whitespace.
// While in a line comment, skip over anything that isn't a newline.
if (c.IsWhitespace() || inLineComment)
{
_reader.GetChar();
continue;
}
// This character starts the next token, unless it's the start of a line comment.
TokenStart = _reader.CurrentSpan();
c = _reader.GetChar();
if (c == '/' && _reader.PeekChar() == '/')
{
_reader.GetChar();
inLineComment = true;
continue;
}
return(c);
}
}