9 End of parse

Users accustomed to certain applications may believe that the question of when to end parsing is almost too trivial to ask. And, for many applications this is the case. But the general question of determining the end of parse is decidedly non-trivial. For a broad theoretical overview, see "When are we done parsing?", pp. 93-94 in the 2nd edition of Grune and Jacobs, (see Grune and Jacobs 2008). This chapter discusses determination of the end of parse (EOP) from the Libmarpa point of view.

EOP-handling and exhaustion-handling are intertwined. It may be useful to review the section on exhaustion at this point. See Exhaustion.