with

you may have noticed that the PREVIOUS language had very bad error MESSAGES. no one wants to see a REGULAR EXPRESSION in their error message. it's garbage. we need to give our number term a name.

this language bites off a number but it has a name when it appears in an error message.

TRANSLATED:

it's easy. make a new term called "with". it creates a new term based on a term you provide, and it OVERRIDES it with new methods.

class WithTerm {
	constructor(term, overrides) {
		const withTerm = Object.create(term)
		Object.assign(withTerm, overrides)
		return withTerm
	}
}

then use it.

const numberTerm = new WithTerm(new RegExpTerm(/\d+/), {
	name() {
		return "number"
	}
})

then use it.

function translate(text) {
	return numberTerm.translate(text)
}

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