aethanyc

<div style="column-count:3;">
  <div id="kid">
    <div id="grandkid">
      a
      <div id="spanner" style="column-span: all">b</div>
      c
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

aethanyc

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
This code resolves the problem described in
http://xahlee.info/perl-python/python_construct_tree_from_edge.html

"""

import collections

aethanyc

(set-macro-character #\} (get-macro-character #\)))

(set-macro-character #\{
  #'(lambda (stream char)
      (declare (ignore char))
      (let ((plist (read-delimited-list #\} stream))
            (hash (gensym)))
        `(let ((,hash (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
           ,@(loop for (key value) on plist by #'cddr
                collect `(setf (gethash ,key ,hash) ,value))