public override Production Parse(List <Token> tokens)
        {
            var firstParen = tokens.First();

            if (firstParen.TokenClass != TokenClass.StartScope)
            {
                return(new Production(null, tokens));
            }
            var current   = new ScopeExpression().Parse(tokens);
            var remaining = current.RemainingTokens.ToList();

            while (remaining.Any() && remaining.FirstOrDefault() != null && remaining[0].TokenClass != TokenClass.EndScope)
            {
                Expression parsed;
                switch (remaining.First().TokenClass)
                {
                case TokenClass.ReplacementSymbol:
                    current = new OperationExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));                            //cannot have multiple value types in a row
                    }
                    current = new ReplacementSymbolExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.Integer:
                case TokenClass.Float:
                    current = new OperationExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));
                    }
                    current = NumericExpression.TryParseNumeric(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.String:
                    current = new OperationExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));
                    }
                    current = new StringExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.Boolean:
                    current = new OperationExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));
                    }
                    current = new BooleanExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.Symbol:
                    current = new FunctionExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));
                    }
                    current = new SymbolExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.StartScope:
                    current = new SeparatedExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    if (current.Expression != null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (Constituents.Count > 0)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, tokens));
                    }
                    current = new ScopedExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.Whitespace:
                    current = new WhitespaceExpression().Parse(remaining);
                    break;

                case TokenClass.Operator:
                    if (Constituents.Count != 1)
                    {
                        return(new Production(null, remaining));
                    }
                    current = new OperationExpression().Parse(Constituents.First(), remaining);
                    if (current.Expression == null)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    Constituents.Clear();
                    break;

                default:
                    return(new Production(null, remaining));

                    break;
                }
                if (current.Expression == null)
                {
                    return(new Production(null, tokens));
                }
                if (!(current.Expression is WhitespaceExpression))
                {
                    Constituents.Add(current.Expression);
                }
                remaining = current.RemainingTokens;
            }
            if (remaining.None())
            {
                return(new Production(null, tokens));
            }
            if (remaining[0].TokenClass != TokenClass.EndScope)
            {
                return(new Production(null, tokens));
            }
            return(new Production(this, remaining.Skip(1).ToList()));
        }