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\DOC some

\TYPE {some : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a * 'a list}

\SYNOPSIS
Parses any single item satisfying a predicate.

\DESCRIBE
If {p} is a predicate on input tokens of some kind, {some p} is a parser that
parses and returns any first token satisfying the predicate {p}, and raises
{Noparse} on a first token not satisfying {p}.

\FAILURE
The call {some p} never fails.

\COMMENTS
This is one of a suite of combinators for manipulating ``parsers''. A parser is
simply a function whose OCaml type is some instance of
{:('a)list -> 'b * ('a)list}. The function should take a list of objects of
type {:'a} (e.g. characters or tokens), parse as much of it as possible from
left to right, and return a pair consisting of the object derived from parsing
(e.g. a term or a special syntax tree) and the list of elements that were not
processed.

\SEEALSO
++, |||, >>, a, atleast, elistof, finished, fix, leftbin, listof, many, nothing,
possibly, rightbin.

\ENDDOC