Extraction from streams (#25)
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Add the ! postfix operator and !! expression.
  Also add the ++ string concatenation operator.
  Also allow specification of standard input in the test scheme.

  Resolves #7, #18.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #25
Co-Authored-By: Glen Whitney <glen@nobody@nowhere.net>
Co-Committed-By: Glen Whitney <glen@nobody@nowhere.net>
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Glen Whitney 2021-03-13 19:30:23 +00:00
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/** writes
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3399677527121313**/
/** md
### Streams are bidirectional
So far we have only sent items to a stream. But we can extract them from
streams as well, with the `!` postfix operator. `!!` all by itself abbreviates
`stream!`, i.e., extraction from the standard stream. For example,
```fostr
**/
/** md */ test custom_hw [[
<<< "What is your name?\n"
<<< 'Hello, ' ++ !!
]] /* **/
parse to TopLevel(Sequence([
DefGets(EscString("\"What is your name?\n\"")),
DefGets(Concat(LitString("'Hello, '"),DefEmits()))
]))
/** accepts
Kilroy
**/
/** writes
What is your name?
Hello, Kilroy
**/
/** md
```
queries users for their name and then writes a customized greeting. It also
illustrates the use of `++` for string concatenation, as opposed to `+` for
(numerical) addition.
**/