Method code for $code_lib.parse_name()

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  1: arg name, @def;
  2: var article, match, flag, type, tmps, ignore;
  3: 
  4: // used to parse $has_name names and name templates
  5: [name, flag] = (> $parse_lib.opt(name, "u?nique", "p?roper", "n?ormal", "i?gnore") <);
  6: name = name.join();
  7: 
  8: // Parse +prop +norm +uniq and +ignore flags
  9: if (flag) {
 10:     def = [@def, ["p?roper", "p", 1, ""]][1];
 11:     flag = (| flag.last() |) || def;
 12:     if (flag[1] == "i?gnore") {
 13:         article = 'prop;
 14:         ignore = 1;
 15:     } else {
 16:         switch (flag[1]) {
 17:             case "n?ormal":
 18:                 type = 'normal;
 19:             case "u?nique":
 20:                 type = 'uniq;
 21:             case "p?roper":
 22:                 type = 'prop;
 23:         }
 24:         article = type;
 25:     }
 26: } else {
 27:     article = 'prop;
 28: }
 29: [name, @tmps] = name.split(" *, *");
 30: 
 31: // Check to see if the name already has articles in it.
 32: if (!ignore) {
 33:     if ((match = name.regexp("^the +(.*)$"))) {
 34:         article = 'uniq;
 35:         name = match[1];
 36:     } else if ((match = name.regexp("^(a|an) +(.*)$"))) {
 37:         article = 'normal;
 38:         name = match[2];
 39:     }
 40: 
 41:     // Complain if the flag does not agree with the given article
 42:     if (type && article != type)
 43:         throw(~article, "Conflicting name types " + type + " and " + article);
 44: }
 45: return [[name, article], tmps];

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// Created 27-Mar-1995 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit