Source: parserc.go in package gopkg.in/yaml.v2

package yaml

import (
	"bytes"
)

The parser implements the following grammar: stream ::= STREAM-START implicit_document? explicit_document* STREAM-END implicit_document ::= block_node DOCUMENT-END* explicit_document ::= DIRECTIVE* DOCUMENT-START block_node? DOCUMENT-END* block_node_or_indentless_sequence ::= ALIAS | properties (block_content | indentless_block_sequence)? | block_content | indentless_block_sequence block_node ::= ALIAS | properties block_content? | block_content flow_node ::= ALIAS | properties flow_content? | flow_content properties ::= TAG ANCHOR? | ANCHOR TAG? block_content ::= block_collection | flow_collection | SCALAR flow_content ::= flow_collection | SCALAR block_collection ::= block_sequence | block_mapping flow_collection ::= flow_sequence | flow_mapping block_sequence ::= BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)* BLOCK-END indentless_sequence ::= (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)+ block_mapping ::= BLOCK-MAPPING_START ((KEY block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)? (VALUE block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)?)* BLOCK-END flow_sequence ::= FLOW-SEQUENCE-START (flow_sequence_entry FLOW-ENTRY)* flow_sequence_entry? FLOW-SEQUENCE-END flow_sequence_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? flow_mapping ::= FLOW-MAPPING-START (flow_mapping_entry FLOW-ENTRY)* flow_mapping_entry? FLOW-MAPPING-END flow_mapping_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)?

Peek the next token in the token queue.

func peek_token(parser *yaml_parser_t) *yaml_token_t {
	if parser.token_available || yaml_parser_fetch_more_tokens(parser) {
		return &parser.tokens[parser.tokens_head]
	}
	return nil
}

Remove the next token from the queue (must be called after peek_token).

func skip_token(parser *yaml_parser_t) {
	parser.token_available = false
	parser.tokens_parsed++
	parser.stream_end_produced = parser.tokens[parser.tokens_head].typ == yaml_STREAM_END_TOKEN
	parser.tokens_head++
}

Get the next event.

Erase the event object.

	*event = yaml_event_t{}

No events after the end of the stream or error.

	if parser.stream_end_produced || parser.error != yaml_NO_ERROR || parser.state == yaml_PARSE_END_STATE {
		return true
	}

Generate the next event.

	return yaml_parser_state_machine(parser, event)
}

Set parser error.

func yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser *yaml_parser_t, problem string, problem_mark yaml_mark_t) bool {
	parser.error = yaml_PARSER_ERROR
	parser.problem = problem
	parser.problem_mark = problem_mark
	return false
}

func yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser *yaml_parser_t, context string, context_mark yaml_mark_t, problem string, problem_mark yaml_mark_t) bool {
	parser.error = yaml_PARSER_ERROR
	parser.context = context
	parser.context_mark = context_mark
	parser.problem = problem
	parser.problem_mark = problem_mark
	return false
}

State dispatcher.

trace("yaml_parser_state_machine", "state:", parser.state.String())


	switch parser.state {
	case yaml_PARSE_STREAM_START_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_stream_start(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_IMPLICIT_DOCUMENT_START_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_document_start(parser, event, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_START_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_document_start(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_CONTENT_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_document_content(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_END_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_document_end(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_NODE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_NODE_OR_INDENTLESS_SEQUENCE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_NODE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_FIRST_ENTRY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_block_sequence_entry(parser, event, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_block_sequence_entry(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_INDENTLESS_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_indentless_sequence_entry(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_FIRST_KEY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_key(parser, event, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_KEY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_key(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_value(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_FIRST_ENTRY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry(parser, event, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_KEY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_key(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_value(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_END_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_end(parser, event)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_FIRST_KEY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_key(parser, event, true)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_KEY_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_key(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_value(parser, event, false)

	case yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_EMPTY_VALUE_STATE:
		return yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_value(parser, event, true)

	default:
		panic("invalid parser state")
	}
}

Parse the production: stream ::= STREAM-START implicit_document? explicit_document* STREAM-END ************

func yaml_parser_parse_stream_start(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ != yaml_STREAM_START_TOKEN {
		return yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser, "did not find expected <stream-start>", token.start_mark)
	}
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_IMPLICIT_DOCUMENT_START_STATE
	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_STREAM_START_EVENT,
		start_mark: token.start_mark,
		end_mark:   token.end_mark,
		encoding:   token.encoding,
	}
	skip_token(parser)
	return true
}

Parse the productions: implicit_document ::= block_node DOCUMENT-END* * explicit_document ::= DIRECTIVE* DOCUMENT-START block_node? DOCUMENT-END* *************************

func yaml_parser_parse_document_start(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, implicit bool) bool {

	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

Parse extra document end indicators.

	if !implicit {
		for token.typ == yaml_DOCUMENT_END_TOKEN {
			skip_token(parser)
			token = peek_token(parser)
			if token == nil {
				return false
			}
		}
	}

	if implicit && token.typ != yaml_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN &&
		token.typ != yaml_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN &&
		token.typ != yaml_DOCUMENT_START_TOKEN &&

Parse an implicit document.

		if !yaml_parser_process_directives(parser, nil, nil) {
			return false
		}
		parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_END_STATE)
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_NODE_STATE

		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_DOCUMENT_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: token.start_mark,
			end_mark:   token.end_mark,
		}

Parse an explicit document.

		var version_directive *yaml_version_directive_t
		var tag_directives []yaml_tag_directive_t
		start_mark := token.start_mark
		if !yaml_parser_process_directives(parser, &version_directive, &tag_directives) {
			return false
		}
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_DOCUMENT_START_TOKEN {
			yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser,
				"did not find expected <document start>", token.start_mark)
			return false
		}
		parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_END_STATE)
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_CONTENT_STATE
		end_mark := token.end_mark

		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:               yaml_DOCUMENT_START_EVENT,
			start_mark:        start_mark,
			end_mark:          end_mark,
			version_directive: version_directive,
			tag_directives:    tag_directives,
			implicit:          false,
		}
		skip_token(parser)

Parse the stream end.

		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_END_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_STREAM_END_EVENT,
			start_mark: token.start_mark,
			end_mark:   token.end_mark,
		}
		skip_token(parser)
	}

	return true
}

Parse the productions: explicit_document ::= DIRECTIVE* DOCUMENT-START block_node? DOCUMENT-END* ***********

func yaml_parser_parse_document_content(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN ||
		token.typ == yaml_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN ||
		token.typ == yaml_DOCUMENT_START_TOKEN ||
		token.typ == yaml_DOCUMENT_END_TOKEN ||
		token.typ == yaml_STREAM_END_TOKEN {
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
		return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event,
			token.start_mark)
	}
	return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, false)
}

Parse the productions: implicit_document ::= block_node DOCUMENT-END* ************* explicit_document ::= DIRECTIVE* DOCUMENT-START block_node? DOCUMENT-END*

func yaml_parser_parse_document_end(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	start_mark := token.start_mark
	end_mark := token.start_mark

	implicit := true
	if token.typ == yaml_DOCUMENT_END_TOKEN {
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		implicit = false
	}

	parser.tag_directives = parser.tag_directives[:0]

	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_DOCUMENT_START_STATE
	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_DOCUMENT_END_EVENT,
		start_mark: start_mark,
		end_mark:   end_mark,
		implicit:   implicit,
	}
	return true
}

defer trace("yaml_parser_parse_node", "block:", block, "indentless_sequence:", indentless_sequence)()


	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	if token.typ == yaml_ALIAS_TOKEN {
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_ALIAS_EVENT,
			start_mark: token.start_mark,
			end_mark:   token.end_mark,
			anchor:     token.value,
		}
		skip_token(parser)
		return true
	}

	start_mark := token.start_mark
	end_mark := token.start_mark

	var tag_token bool
	var tag_handle, tag_suffix, anchor []byte
	var tag_mark yaml_mark_t
	if token.typ == yaml_ANCHOR_TOKEN {
		anchor = token.value
		start_mark = token.start_mark
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ == yaml_TAG_TOKEN {
			tag_token = true
			tag_handle = token.value
			tag_suffix = token.suffix
			tag_mark = token.start_mark
			end_mark = token.end_mark
			skip_token(parser)
			token = peek_token(parser)
			if token == nil {
				return false
			}
		}
	} else if token.typ == yaml_TAG_TOKEN {
		tag_token = true
		tag_handle = token.value
		tag_suffix = token.suffix
		start_mark = token.start_mark
		tag_mark = token.start_mark
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ == yaml_ANCHOR_TOKEN {
			anchor = token.value
			end_mark = token.end_mark
			skip_token(parser)
			token = peek_token(parser)
			if token == nil {
				return false
			}
		}
	}

	var tag []byte
	if tag_token {
		if len(tag_handle) == 0 {
			tag = tag_suffix
			tag_suffix = nil
		} else {
			for i := range parser.tag_directives {
				if bytes.Equal(parser.tag_directives[i].handle, tag_handle) {
					tag = append([]byte(nil), parser.tag_directives[i].prefix...)
					tag = append(tag, tag_suffix...)
					break
				}
			}
			if len(tag) == 0 {
				yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser,
					"while parsing a node", start_mark,
					"found undefined tag handle", tag_mark)
				return false
			}
		}
	}

	implicit := len(tag) == 0
	if indentless_sequence && token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN {
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_INDENTLESS_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: start_mark,
			end_mark:   end_mark,
			anchor:     anchor,
			tag:        tag,
			implicit:   implicit,
			style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_SCALAR_TOKEN {
		var plain_implicit, quoted_implicit bool
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		if (len(tag) == 0 && token.style == yaml_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE) || (len(tag) == 1 && tag[0] == '!') {
			plain_implicit = true
		} else if len(tag) == 0 {
			quoted_implicit = true
		}
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]

		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:             yaml_SCALAR_EVENT,
			start_mark:      start_mark,
			end_mark:        end_mark,
			anchor:          anchor,
			tag:             tag,
			value:           token.value,
			implicit:        plain_implicit,
			quoted_implicit: quoted_implicit,
			style:           yaml_style_t(token.style),
		}
		skip_token(parser)
		return true
	}

[Go] Some of the events below can be merged as they differ only on style.

		end_mark = token.end_mark
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_FIRST_ENTRY_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: start_mark,
			end_mark:   end_mark,
			anchor:     anchor,
			tag:        tag,
			implicit:   implicit,
			style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_FLOW_SEQUENCE_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_START_TOKEN {
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_FIRST_KEY_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_MAPPING_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: start_mark,
			end_mark:   end_mark,
			anchor:     anchor,
			tag:        tag,
			implicit:   implicit,
			style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}
	if block && token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START_TOKEN {
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_FIRST_ENTRY_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: start_mark,
			end_mark:   end_mark,
			anchor:     anchor,
			tag:        tag,
			implicit:   implicit,
			style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}
	if block && token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_MAPPING_START_TOKEN {
		end_mark = token.end_mark
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_FIRST_KEY_STATE
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_MAPPING_START_EVENT,
			start_mark: start_mark,
			end_mark:   end_mark,
			anchor:     anchor,
			tag:        tag,
			implicit:   implicit,
			style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_BLOCK_MAPPING_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}
	if len(anchor) > 0 || len(tag) > 0 {
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]

		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:             yaml_SCALAR_EVENT,
			start_mark:      start_mark,
			end_mark:        end_mark,
			anchor:          anchor,
			tag:             tag,
			implicit:        implicit,
			quoted_implicit: false,
			style:           yaml_style_t(yaml_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE),
		}
		return true
	}

	context := "while parsing a flow node"
	if block {
		context = "while parsing a block node"
	}
	yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser, context, start_mark,
		"did not find expected node content", token.start_mark)
	return false
}

Parse the productions: block_sequence ::= BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)* BLOCK-END ******************** *********** * *********

func yaml_parser_parse_block_sequence_entry(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
	if first {
		token := peek_token(parser)
		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
		skip_token(parser)
	}

	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	if token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN {
		mark := token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN && token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, false)
		} else {
			parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE
			return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, mark)
		}
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]

		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT,
			start_mark: token.start_mark,
			end_mark:   token.end_mark,
		}

		skip_token(parser)
		return true
	}

	context_mark := parser.marks[len(parser.marks)-1]
	parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
	return yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser,
		"while parsing a block collection", context_mark,
		"did not find expected '-' indicator", token.start_mark)
}

Parse the productions: indentless_sequence ::= (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)+ *********** *

func yaml_parser_parse_indentless_sequence_entry(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	if token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN {
		mark := token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_KEY_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_VALUE_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_INDENTLESS_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, false)
		}
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_INDENTLESS_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE
		return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, mark)
	}
	parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
	parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]

	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT,
		start_mark: token.start_mark,
		end_mark:   token.start_mark, // [Go] Shouldn't this be token.end_mark?
	}
	return true
}

Parse the productions: block_mapping ::= BLOCK-MAPPING_START ******************* ((KEY block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)? *** * (VALUE block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)?)* BLOCK-END *********

func yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_key(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
	if first {
		token := peek_token(parser)
		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
		skip_token(parser)
	}

	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	if token.typ == yaml_KEY_TOKEN {
		mark := token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_KEY_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_VALUE_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, true)
		} else {
			parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE
			return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, mark)
		}
	} else if token.typ == yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
		parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
		parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
		*event = yaml_event_t{
			typ:        yaml_MAPPING_END_EVENT,
			start_mark: token.start_mark,
			end_mark:   token.end_mark,
		}
		skip_token(parser)
		return true
	}

	context_mark := parser.marks[len(parser.marks)-1]
	parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
	return yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser,
		"while parsing a block mapping", context_mark,
		"did not find expected key", token.start_mark)
}

Parse the productions: block_mapping ::= BLOCK-MAPPING_START ((KEY block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)? (VALUE block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)?)* ***** * BLOCK-END

func yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_value(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_VALUE_TOKEN {
		mark := token.end_mark
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_KEY_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_VALUE_TOKEN &&
			token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_KEY_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, true, true)
		}
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_KEY_STATE
		return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, mark)
	}
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_BLOCK_MAPPING_KEY_STATE
	return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, token.start_mark)
}

Parse the productions: flow_sequence ::= FLOW-SEQUENCE-START ******************* (flow_sequence_entry FLOW-ENTRY)* * ********** flow_sequence_entry? * FLOW-SEQUENCE-END ***************** flow_sequence_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
	if first {
		token := peek_token(parser)
		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
		skip_token(parser)
	}
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END_TOKEN {
		if !first {
			if token.typ == yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN {
				skip_token(parser)
				token = peek_token(parser)
				if token == nil {
					return false
				}
			} else {
				context_mark := parser.marks[len(parser.marks)-1]
				parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
				return yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser,
					"while parsing a flow sequence", context_mark,
					"did not find expected ',' or ']'", token.start_mark)
			}
		}

		if token.typ == yaml_KEY_TOKEN {
			parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_KEY_STATE
			*event = yaml_event_t{
				typ:        yaml_MAPPING_START_EVENT,
				start_mark: token.start_mark,
				end_mark:   token.end_mark,
				implicit:   true,
				style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_STYLE),
			}
			skip_token(parser)
			return true
		} else if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
		}
	}

	parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
	parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
	parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]

	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT,
		start_mark: token.start_mark,
		end_mark:   token.end_mark,
	}

	skip_token(parser)
	return true
}

Parse the productions: flow_sequence_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? *** *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_key(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ != yaml_VALUE_TOKEN &&
		token.typ != yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN &&
		token.typ != yaml_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END_TOKEN {
		parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE)
		return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
	}
	mark := token.end_mark
	skip_token(parser)
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE
	return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, mark)
}

Parse the productions: flow_sequence_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? ***** *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_value(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_VALUE_TOKEN {
		skip_token(parser)
		token := peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN && token.typ != yaml_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_END_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
		}
	}
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_MAPPING_END_STATE
	return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, token.start_mark)
}

Parse the productions: flow_sequence_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry_mapping_end(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ENTRY_STATE
	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_MAPPING_END_EVENT,
		start_mark: token.start_mark,
		end_mark:   token.start_mark, // [Go] Shouldn't this be end_mark?
	}
	return true
}

Parse the productions: flow_mapping ::= FLOW-MAPPING-START ****************** (flow_mapping_entry FLOW-ENTRY)* * ********** flow_mapping_entry? ****************** FLOW-MAPPING-END **************** flow_mapping_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? * *** *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_key(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
	if first {
		token := peek_token(parser)
		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
		skip_token(parser)
	}

	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_END_TOKEN {
		if !first {
			if token.typ == yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN {
				skip_token(parser)
				token = peek_token(parser)
				if token == nil {
					return false
				}
			} else {
				context_mark := parser.marks[len(parser.marks)-1]
				parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
				return yaml_parser_set_parser_error_context(parser,
					"while parsing a flow mapping", context_mark,
					"did not find expected ',' or '}'", token.start_mark)
			}
		}

		if token.typ == yaml_KEY_TOKEN {
			skip_token(parser)
			token = peek_token(parser)
			if token == nil {
				return false
			}
			if token.typ != yaml_VALUE_TOKEN &&
				token.typ != yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN &&
				token.typ != yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_END_TOKEN {
				parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE)
				return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
			} else {
				parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_VALUE_STATE
				return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, token.start_mark)
			}
		} else if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_EMPTY_VALUE_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
		}
	}

	parser.state = parser.states[len(parser.states)-1]
	parser.states = parser.states[:len(parser.states)-1]
	parser.marks = parser.marks[:len(parser.marks)-1]
	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_MAPPING_END_EVENT,
		start_mark: token.start_mark,
		end_mark:   token.end_mark,
	}
	skip_token(parser)
	return true
}

Parse the productions: flow_mapping_entry ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)? * ***** *

func yaml_parser_parse_flow_mapping_value(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, empty bool) bool {
	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}
	if empty {
		parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_KEY_STATE
		return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, token.start_mark)
	}
	if token.typ == yaml_VALUE_TOKEN {
		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
		if token.typ != yaml_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN && token.typ != yaml_FLOW_MAPPING_END_TOKEN {
			parser.states = append(parser.states, yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_KEY_STATE)
			return yaml_parser_parse_node(parser, event, false, false)
		}
	}
	parser.state = yaml_PARSE_FLOW_MAPPING_KEY_STATE
	return yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser, event, token.start_mark)
}

Generate an empty scalar event.

func yaml_parser_process_empty_scalar(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, mark yaml_mark_t) bool {
	*event = yaml_event_t{
		typ:        yaml_SCALAR_EVENT,
		start_mark: mark,
		end_mark:   mark,
		value:      nil, // Empty
		implicit:   true,
		style:      yaml_style_t(yaml_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE),
	}
	return true
}

var default_tag_directives = []yaml_tag_directive_t{
	{[]byte("!"), []byte("!")},
	{[]byte("!!"), []byte("tag:yaml.org,2002:")},
}

Parse directives.

func yaml_parser_process_directives(parser *yaml_parser_t,
	version_directive_ref **yaml_version_directive_t,
	tag_directives_ref *[]yaml_tag_directive_t) bool {

	var version_directive *yaml_version_directive_t
	var tag_directives []yaml_tag_directive_t

	token := peek_token(parser)
	if token == nil {
		return false
	}

	for token.typ == yaml_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN || token.typ == yaml_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN {
		if token.typ == yaml_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN {
			if version_directive != nil {
				yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser,
					"found duplicate %YAML directive", token.start_mark)
				return false
			}
			if token.major != 1 || token.minor != 1 {
				yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser,
					"found incompatible YAML document", token.start_mark)
				return false
			}
			version_directive = &yaml_version_directive_t{
				major: token.major,
				minor: token.minor,
			}
		} else if token.typ == yaml_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN {
			value := yaml_tag_directive_t{
				handle: token.value,
				prefix: token.prefix,
			}
			if !yaml_parser_append_tag_directive(parser, value, false, token.start_mark) {
				return false
			}
			tag_directives = append(tag_directives, value)
		}

		skip_token(parser)
		token = peek_token(parser)
		if token == nil {
			return false
		}
	}

	for i := range default_tag_directives {
		if !yaml_parser_append_tag_directive(parser, default_tag_directives[i], true, token.start_mark) {
			return false
		}
	}

	if version_directive_ref != nil {
		*version_directive_ref = version_directive
	}
	if tag_directives_ref != nil {
		*tag_directives_ref = tag_directives
	}
	return true
}

Append a tag directive to the directives stack.

func yaml_parser_append_tag_directive(parser *yaml_parser_t, value yaml_tag_directive_t, allow_duplicates bool, mark yaml_mark_t) bool {
	for i := range parser.tag_directives {
		if bytes.Equal(value.handle, parser.tag_directives[i].handle) {
			if allow_duplicates {
				return true
			}
			return yaml_parser_set_parser_error(parser, "found duplicate %TAG directive", mark)
		}
	}

[Go] I suspect the copy is unnecessary. This was likely done because there was no way to track ownership of the data.

	value_copy := yaml_tag_directive_t{
		handle: make([]byte, len(value.handle)),
		prefix: make([]byte, len(value.prefix)),
	}
	copy(value_copy.handle, value.handle)
	copy(value_copy.prefix, value.prefix)
	parser.tag_directives = append(parser.tag_directives, value_copy)
	return true