Support more backslashed special characters in DSL strings (#1212)

* BNF mod for `\^` `\$` et al.

* go.mod go.sum

* Update DSL-build instructions

* tools/build-dsl artifacts

* Unit-test updates

* fix build error

* unit-test files

go.mod

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb
+	github.com/goccmack/gocc v0.0.0-20230228185258-2292f9e40198 // indirect
 	github.com/johnkerl/lumin v1.0.0
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/lestrrat-go/strftime v1.0.6
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab
-	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201210144234-2321bbc49cbf
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
 )

go.sum

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb h1:IT4JYU7k4ikYg1S
 github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb/go.mod h1:bH6Xx7IW64qjjJq8M2u4dxNaBiDfKK+z/3eGDpXEQhc=
 github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.3 h1:VvyZxILNuCiUCSXtPtYmmtGvb65nqXh2QFWc0Wpf2/g=
 github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.3/go.mod h1:RdbpDgzqYVh/T9fPELJyV7EYJuHB55UTEULNun8eiPw=
+github.com/goccmack/gocc v0.0.0-20230228185258-2292f9e40198 h1:FSii2UQeSLngl3jFoR4tUKZLprO7qUlh/TKKticc0BM=
+github.com/goccmack/gocc v0.0.0-20230228185258-2292f9e40198/go.mod h1:DTh/Y2+NbnOVVoypCCQrovMPDKUGp4yZpSbWg5D0XIM=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20211214055906-6f57359322fd h1:1FjCyPC+syAzJ5/2S8fqdZK1R22vvA0J7JZKcuOIQ7Y=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20211214055906-6f57359322fd/go.mod h1:KgnwoLYCZ8IQu3XUZ8Nc/bM9CCZFOyjUNOSygVozoDg=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20210905161508-09a460cdf81d/go.mod h1:aYm2/VgdVmcIU8iMfdMvDMsRAQjcfZSKFby6HOFvi/w=
@@ -37,12 +39,37 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 h1:LUYupSeNrTNCGzR/hVBk2NHZO4hXcVaW1k4Qx7rjPx8=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211007075335-d3039528d8ac/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab h1:2QkjZIsXupsJbJIdSjjUOgWK3aEtzyuh2mPt3l/CkeU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201210144234-2321bbc49cbf h1:MZ2shdL+ZM/XzY3ZGOnh4Nlpnxz5GSOhOmtHo3iPU6M=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201210144234-2321bbc49cbf/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 h1:JGgROgKl9N8DuW20oFS5gxc+lE67/N3FcwmBPMe7ArY=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
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internal/pkg/parsing/README.md

@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ processing of `mlr.bnf`. They are nonetheless committed to source control,
 since running GOCC takes quite a bit longer than the `go build` does, and the
 BNF file doesn't often change. (_BNF_ is for _Backus-Naur Form_ which is the
 phrasing of the grammar file that GOCC support.) See the top-level `miller/go`
-build scripts for how to rerun GOCC. As of this writing, it's `bin/gocc -o
-internal/pkg/parsing internal/pkg/parsing/mlr.bnf` as invoked from the `miller/go` base
-directory.
+build scripts for how to rerun GOCC. As of this writing, it's
+
+```
+gocc -o internal/pkg/parsing internal/pkg/parsing/mlr.bnf
+````
+
+as invoked from the repo base directory -- however you should instead use
+
+```
+tools/build-dsl
+```
 
 Making changes to `mlr.bnf` requires several minutes to re-run GOCC. For
 experimental changes, please see the