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  Copyright (C) 2011 Ingo Berg

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this 
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*/

#include "muParserBase.h"
#include "muParserTemplateMagic.h"

//--- Standard includes ------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <cassert>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <memory>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <sstream>
#include <locale>

#ifdef MUP_USE_OPENMP
  #include <omp.h>
#endif

using namespace std;

/** \file
    \brief This file contains the basic implementation of the muparser engine.
*/

namespace mu
{
  std::locale ParserBase::s_locale = std::locale(std::locale::classic(), new change_dec_sep<char_type>('.'));

  bool ParserBase::g_DbgDumpCmdCode = false;
  bool ParserBase::g_DbgDumpStack = false;

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Identifiers for built in binary operators. 

      When defining custom binary operators with #AddOprt(...) make sure not to choose 
      names conflicting with these definitions. 
  */
  const char_type* ParserBase::c_DefaultOprt[] = 
  { 
    _T("<="), _T(">="),  _T("!="), 
    _T("=="), _T("<"),   _T(">"), 
    _T("+"),  _T("-"),   _T("*"), 
    _T("/"),  _T("^"),   _T("&&"), 
    _T("||"), _T("="),   _T("("),  
    _T(")"),   _T("?"),  _T(":"), 0 
  };

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Constructor.
      \param a_szFormula the formula to interpret.
      \throw ParserException if a_szFormula is null.
  */
  ParserBase::ParserBase()
    :m_pParseFormula(&ParserBase::ParseString)
    ,m_vRPN()
    ,m_vStringBuf()
    ,m_pTokenReader()
    ,m_FunDef()
    ,m_PostOprtDef()
    ,m_InfixOprtDef()
    ,m_OprtDef()
    ,m_ConstDef()
    ,m_StrVarDef()
    ,m_VarDef()
    ,m_bBuiltInOp(true)
    ,m_sNameChars()
    ,m_sOprtChars()
    ,m_sInfixOprtChars()
    ,m_nIfElseCounter(0)
    ,m_vStackBuffer()
    ,m_nFinalResultIdx(0)
  {
    InitTokenReader();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Copy constructor. 

    The parser can be safely copy constructed but the bytecode is reset during
    copy construction.
  */
  ParserBase::ParserBase(const ParserBase &a_Parser)
    :m_pParseFormula(&ParserBase::ParseString)
    ,m_vRPN()
    ,m_vStringBuf()
    ,m_pTokenReader()
    ,m_FunDef()
    ,m_PostOprtDef()
    ,m_InfixOprtDef()
    ,m_OprtDef()
    ,m_ConstDef()
    ,m_StrVarDef()
    ,m_VarDef()
    ,m_bBuiltInOp(true)
    ,m_sNameChars()
    ,m_sOprtChars()
    ,m_sInfixOprtChars()
    ,m_nIfElseCounter(0)
  {
    m_pTokenReader.reset(new token_reader_type(this));
    Assign(a_Parser);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ParserBase::~ParserBase()
  {}

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Assignment operator. 

    Implemented by calling Assign(a_Parser). Self assignment is suppressed.
    \param a_Parser Object to copy to this.
    \return *this
    \throw nothrow
  */
  ParserBase& ParserBase::operator=(const ParserBase &a_Parser)
  {
    Assign(a_Parser);
    return *this;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Copy state of a parser object to this. 

    Clears Variables and Functions of this parser.
    Copies the states of all internal variables.
    Resets parse function to string parse mode.

    \param a_Parser the source object.
  */
  void ParserBase::Assign(const ParserBase &a_Parser)
  {
    if (&a_Parser==this)
      return;

    // Don't copy bytecode instead cause the parser to create new bytecode
    // by resetting the parse function.
    ReInit();

    m_ConstDef        = a_Parser.m_ConstDef;         // Copy user define constants
    m_VarDef          = a_Parser.m_VarDef;           // Copy user defined variables
    m_bBuiltInOp      = a_Parser.m_bBuiltInOp;
    m_vStringBuf      = a_Parser.m_vStringBuf;
    m_vStackBuffer    = a_Parser.m_vStackBuffer;
    m_nFinalResultIdx = a_Parser.m_nFinalResultIdx;
    m_StrVarDef       = a_Parser.m_StrVarDef;
    m_vStringVarBuf   = a_Parser.m_vStringVarBuf;
    m_nIfElseCounter  = a_Parser.m_nIfElseCounter;
    m_pTokenReader.reset(a_Parser.m_pTokenReader->Clone(this));

    // Copy function and operator callbacks
    m_FunDef = a_Parser.m_FunDef;             // Copy function definitions
    m_PostOprtDef = a_Parser.m_PostOprtDef;   // post value unary operators
    m_InfixOprtDef = a_Parser.m_InfixOprtDef; // unary operators for infix notation
    m_OprtDef = a_Parser.m_OprtDef;           // binary operators

    m_sNameChars = a_Parser.m_sNameChars;
    m_sOprtChars = a_Parser.m_sOprtChars;
    m_sInfixOprtChars = a_Parser.m_sInfixOprtChars;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Set the decimal separator.
      \param cDecSep Decimal separator as a character value.
      \sa SetThousandsSep

      By default muparser uses the "C" locale. The decimal separator of this
      locale is overwritten by the one provided here.
  */
  void ParserBase::SetDecSep(char_type cDecSep)
  {
    char_type cThousandsSep = std::use_facet< change_dec_sep<char_type> >(s_locale).thousands_sep();
    s_locale = std::locale(std::locale("C"), new change_dec_sep<char_type>(cDecSep, cThousandsSep));
  }
  
  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Sets the thousands operator. 
      \param cThousandsSep The thousands separator as a character
      \sa SetDecSep

      By default muparser uses the "C" locale. The thousands separator of this
      locale is overwritten by the one provided here.
  */
  void ParserBase::SetThousandsSep(char_type cThousandsSep)
  {
    char_type cDecSep = std::use_facet< change_dec_sep<char_type> >(s_locale).decimal_point();
    s_locale = std::locale(std::locale("C"), new change_dec_sep<char_type>(cDecSep, cThousandsSep));
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Resets the locale. 

    The default locale used "." as decimal separator, no thousands separator and
    "," as function argument separator.
  */
  void ParserBase::ResetLocale()
  {
    s_locale = std::locale(std::locale("C"), new change_dec_sep<char_type>('.'));
    SetArgSep(',');
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Initialize the token reader. 

    Create new token reader object and submit pointers to function, operator,
    constant and variable definitions.

    \post m_pTokenReader.get()!=0
    \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::InitTokenReader()
  {
    m_pTokenReader.reset(new token_reader_type(this));
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Reset parser to string parsing mode and clear internal buffers.

      Clear bytecode, reset the token reader.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ReInit() const
  {
    m_pParseFormula = &ParserBase::ParseString;
    m_vStringBuf.clear();
    m_vRPN.clear();
    m_pTokenReader->ReInit();
    m_nIfElseCounter = 0;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  void ParserBase::OnDetectVar(string_type * /*pExpr*/, int & /*nStart*/, int & /*nEnd*/)
  {}

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Returns the version of muparser. 
      \param eInfo A flag indicating whether the full version info should be 
                   returned or not.

    Format is as follows: "MAJOR.MINOR (COMPILER_FLAGS)" The COMPILER_FLAGS
    are returned only if eInfo==pviFULL.
  */
  string_type ParserBase::GetVersion(EParserVersionInfo eInfo) const
  {
    stringstream_type ss;

    ss << MUP_VERSION;

    if (eInfo==pviFULL)
    {
      ss << _T(" (") << MUP_VERSION_DATE;
      ss << std::dec << _T("; ") << sizeof(void*)*8 << _T("BIT");

#ifdef _DEBUG
      ss << _T("; DEBUG");
#else 
      ss << _T("; RELEASE");
#endif

#ifdef _UNICODE
      ss << _T("; UNICODE");
#else
  #ifdef _MBCS
      ss << _T("; MBCS");
  #else
      ss << _T("; ASCII");
  #endif
#endif

#ifdef MUP_USE_OPENMP
      ss << _T("; OPENMP");
//#else
//      ss << _T("; NO_OPENMP");
#endif

#if defined(MUP_MATH_EXCEPTIONS)
      ss << _T("; MATHEXC");
//#else
//      ss << _T("; NO_MATHEXC");
#endif

      ss << _T(")");
    }

    return ss.str();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a value parsing function. 
      
      When parsing an expression muParser tries to detect values in the expression
      string using different valident callbacks. Thus it's possible to parse
      for hex values, binary values and floating point values. 
  */
  void ParserBase::AddValIdent(identfun_type a_pCallback)
  {
    m_pTokenReader->AddValIdent(a_pCallback);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Set a function that can create variable pointer for unknown expression variables. 
      \param a_pFactory A pointer to the variable factory.
      \param pUserData A user defined context pointer.
  */
  void ParserBase::SetVarFactory(facfun_type a_pFactory, void *pUserData)
  {
    m_pTokenReader->SetVarCreator(a_pFactory, pUserData);  
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a function or operator callback to the parser. */
  void ParserBase::AddCallback( const string_type &a_strName,
                                const ParserCallback &a_Callback, 
                                funmap_type &a_Storage,
                                const char_type *a_szCharSet )
  {
    if (a_Callback.GetAddr()==0)
        Error(ecINVALID_FUN_PTR);

    const funmap_type *pFunMap = &a_Storage;

    // Check for conflicting operator or function names
    if ( pFunMap!=&m_FunDef && m_FunDef.find(a_strName)!=m_FunDef.end() )
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT, -1, a_strName);

    if ( pFunMap!=&m_PostOprtDef && m_PostOprtDef.find(a_strName)!=m_PostOprtDef.end() )
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT, -1, a_strName);

    if ( pFunMap!=&m_InfixOprtDef && pFunMap!=&m_OprtDef && m_InfixOprtDef.find(a_strName)!=m_InfixOprtDef.end() )
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT, -1, a_strName);

    if ( pFunMap!=&m_InfixOprtDef && pFunMap!=&m_OprtDef && m_OprtDef.find(a_strName)!=m_OprtDef.end() )
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT, -1, a_strName);

    CheckOprt(a_strName, a_Callback, a_szCharSet);
    a_Storage[a_strName] = a_Callback;
    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Check if a name contains invalid characters. 

      \throw ParserException if the name contains invalid characters.
  */
  void ParserBase::CheckOprt(const string_type &a_sName,
                             const ParserCallback &a_Callback,
                             const string_type &a_szCharSet) const
  {
    if ( !a_sName.length() ||
        (a_sName.find_first_not_of(a_szCharSet)!=string_type::npos) ||
        (a_sName[0]>='0' && a_sName[0]<='9'))
    {
      switch(a_Callback.GetCode())
      {
      case cmOPRT_POSTFIX: Error(ecINVALID_POSTFIX_IDENT, -1, a_sName);
      case cmOPRT_INFIX:   Error(ecINVALID_INFIX_IDENT, -1, a_sName);
      default:             Error(ecINVALID_NAME, -1, a_sName);
      }
    }
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Check if a name contains invalid characters. 

      \throw ParserException if the name contains invalid characters.
  */
  void ParserBase::CheckName(const string_type &a_sName,
                             const string_type &a_szCharSet) const
  {
    if ( !a_sName.length() ||
        (a_sName.find_first_not_of(a_szCharSet)!=string_type::npos) ||
        (a_sName[0]>='0' && a_sName[0]<='9'))
    {
      Error(ecINVALID_NAME);
    }
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Set the formula. 
      \param a_strFormula Formula as string_type
      \throw ParserException in case of syntax errors.

      Triggers first time calculation thus the creation of the bytecode and
      scanning of used variables.
  */
  void ParserBase::SetExpr(const string_type &a_sExpr)
  {
    // Check locale compatibility
    std::locale loc;
    if (m_pTokenReader->GetArgSep()==std::use_facet<numpunct<char_type> >(loc).decimal_point())
      Error(ecLOCALE);

    // <ibg> 20060222: Bugfix for Borland-Kylix:
    // adding a space to the expression will keep Borlands KYLIX from going wild
    // when calling tellg on a stringstream created from the expression after 
    // reading a value at the end of an expression. (mu::Parser::IsVal function)
    // (tellg returns -1 otherwise causing the parser to ignore the value)
    string_type sBuf(a_sExpr + _T(" ") );
    m_pTokenReader->SetFormula(sBuf);
    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Get the default symbols used for the built in operators. 
      \sa c_DefaultOprt
  */
  const char_type** ParserBase::GetOprtDef() const
  {
    return (const char_type **)(&c_DefaultOprt[0]);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Define the set of valid characters to be used in names of
             functions, variables, constants.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineNameChars(const char_type *a_szCharset)
  {
    m_sNameChars = a_szCharset;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Define the set of valid characters to be used in names of
             binary operators and postfix operators.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineOprtChars(const char_type *a_szCharset)
  {
    m_sOprtChars = a_szCharset;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Define the set of valid characters to be used in names of
             infix operators.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineInfixOprtChars(const char_type *a_szCharset)
  {
    m_sInfixOprtChars = a_szCharset;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Virtual function that defines the characters allowed in name identifiers. 
      \sa #ValidOprtChars, #ValidPrefixOprtChars
  */ 
  const char_type* ParserBase::ValidNameChars() const
  {
    assert(m_sNameChars.size());
    return m_sNameChars.c_str();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Virtual function that defines the characters allowed in operator definitions. 
      \sa #ValidNameChars, #ValidPrefixOprtChars
  */
  const char_type* ParserBase::ValidOprtChars() const
  {
    assert(m_sOprtChars.size());
    return m_sOprtChars.c_str();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Virtual function that defines the characters allowed in infix operator definitions.
      \sa #ValidNameChars, #ValidOprtChars
  */
  const char_type* ParserBase::ValidInfixOprtChars() const
  {
    assert(m_sInfixOprtChars.size());
    return m_sInfixOprtChars.c_str();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a user defined operator. 
      \post Will reset the Parser to string parsing mode.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefinePostfixOprt(const string_type &a_sName, 
                                     fun_type1 a_pFun,
                                     bool a_bAllowOpt)
  {
    AddCallback(a_sName, 
                ParserCallback(a_pFun, a_bAllowOpt, prPOSTFIX, cmOPRT_POSTFIX),
                m_PostOprtDef, 
                ValidOprtChars() );
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Initialize user defined functions. 
   
    Calls the virtual functions InitFun(), InitConst() and InitOprt().
  */
  void ParserBase::Init()
  {
    InitCharSets();
    InitFun();
    InitConst();
    InitOprt();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a user defined operator. 
      \post Will reset the Parser to string parsing mode.
      \param [in] a_sName  operator Identifier 
      \param [in] a_pFun  Operator callback function
      \param [in] a_iPrec  Operator Precedence (default=prSIGN)
      \param [in] a_bAllowOpt  True if operator is volatile (default=false)
      \sa EPrec
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineInfixOprt(const string_type &a_sName, 
                                  fun_type1 a_pFun, 
                                  int a_iPrec, 
                                  bool a_bAllowOpt)
  {
    AddCallback(a_sName, 
                ParserCallback(a_pFun, a_bAllowOpt, a_iPrec, cmOPRT_INFIX), 
                m_InfixOprtDef, 
                ValidInfixOprtChars() );
  }


  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Define a binary operator. 
      \param [in] a_sName The identifier of the operator.
      \param [in] a_pFun Pointer to the callback function.
      \param [in] a_iPrec Precedence of the operator.
      \param [in] a_eAssociativity The associativity of the operator.
      \param [in] a_bAllowOpt If this is true the operator may be optimized away.
      
      Adds a new Binary operator the the parser instance. 
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineOprt( const string_type &a_sName, 
                               fun_type2 a_pFun, 
                               unsigned a_iPrec, 
                               EOprtAssociativity a_eAssociativity,
                               bool a_bAllowOpt )
  {
    // Check for conflicts with built in operator names
    for (int i=0; m_bBuiltInOp && i<cmENDIF; ++i)
      if (a_sName == string_type(c_DefaultOprt[i]))
        Error(ecBUILTIN_OVERLOAD, -1, a_sName);

    AddCallback(a_sName, 
                ParserCallback(a_pFun, a_bAllowOpt, a_iPrec, a_eAssociativity), 
                m_OprtDef, 
                ValidOprtChars() );
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Define a new string constant.
      \param [in] a_strName The name of the constant.
      \param [in] a_strVal the value of the constant. 
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineStrConst(const string_type &a_strName, const string_type &a_strVal)
  {
    // Test if a constant with that names already exists
    if (m_StrVarDef.find(a_strName)!=m_StrVarDef.end())
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT);

    CheckName(a_strName, ValidNameChars());
    
    m_vStringVarBuf.push_back(a_strVal);                // Store variable string in internal buffer
    m_StrVarDef[a_strName] = m_vStringVarBuf.size()-1;  // bind buffer index to variable name

    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a user defined variable. 
      \param [in] a_sName the variable name
      \param [in] a_pVar A pointer to the variable value.
      \post Will reset the Parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw ParserException in case the name contains invalid signs or a_pVar is NULL.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineVar(const string_type &a_sName, value_type *a_pVar)
  {
    if (a_pVar==0)
      Error(ecINVALID_VAR_PTR);

    // Test if a constant with that names already exists
    if (m_ConstDef.find(a_sName)!=m_ConstDef.end())
      Error(ecNAME_CONFLICT);

    CheckName(a_sName, ValidNameChars());
    m_VarDef[a_sName] = a_pVar;
    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Add a user defined constant. 
      \param [in] a_sName The name of the constant.
      \param [in] a_fVal the value of the constant.
      \post Will reset the Parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw ParserException in case the name contains invalid signs.
  */
  void ParserBase::DefineConst(const string_type &a_sName, value_type a_fVal)
  {
    CheckName(a_sName, ValidNameChars());
    m_ConstDef[a_sName] = a_fVal;
    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Get operator priority.
      \throw ParserException if a_Oprt is no operator code
  */
  int ParserBase::GetOprtPrecedence(const token_type &a_Tok) const
  {
    switch (a_Tok.GetCode())
    {
    // built in operators
    case cmEND:      return -5;
    case cmARG_SEP:  return -4;
    case cmASSIGN:   return -1;               
    case cmELSE:
    case cmIF:       return  0;
    case cmLAND:     return  prLAND;
    case cmLOR:      return  prLOR;
    case cmLT:
    case cmGT:
    case cmLE:
    case cmGE:
    case cmNEQ:
    case cmEQ:       return  prCMP; 
    case cmADD:
    case cmSUB:      return  prADD_SUB;
    case cmMUL:
    case cmDIV:      return  prMUL_DIV;
    case cmPOW:      return  prPOW;

    // user defined binary operators
    case cmOPRT_INFIX: 
    case cmOPRT_BIN: return a_Tok.GetPri();
    default:  Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 5);
              return 999;
    }  
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Get operator priority.
      \throw ParserException if a_Oprt is no operator code
  */
  EOprtAssociativity ParserBase::GetOprtAssociativity(const token_type &a_Tok) const
  {
    switch (a_Tok.GetCode())
    {
    case cmASSIGN:
    case cmLAND:
    case cmLOR:
    case cmLT:
    case cmGT:
    case cmLE:
    case cmGE:
    case cmNEQ:
    case cmEQ: 
    case cmADD:
    case cmSUB:
    case cmMUL:
    case cmDIV:      return oaLEFT;
    case cmPOW:      return oaRIGHT;
    case cmOPRT_BIN: return a_Tok.GetAssociativity();
    default:         return oaNONE;
    }  
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Return a map containing the used variables only. */
  const varmap_type& ParserBase::GetUsedVar() const
  {
    try
    {
      m_pTokenReader->IgnoreUndefVar(true);
      CreateRPN(); // try to create bytecode, but don't use it for any further calculations since it
                   // may contain references to nonexisting variables.
      m_pParseFormula = &ParserBase::ParseString;
      m_pTokenReader->IgnoreUndefVar(false);
    }
    catch(exception_type & /*e*/)
    {
      // Make sure to stay in string parse mode, dont call ReInit()
      // because it deletes the array with the used variables
      m_pParseFormula = &ParserBase::ParseString;
      m_pTokenReader->IgnoreUndefVar(false);
      throw;
    }
    
    return m_pTokenReader->GetUsedVar();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Return a map containing the used variables only. */
  const varmap_type& ParserBase::GetVar() const
  {
    return m_VarDef;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Return a map containing all parser constants. */
  const valmap_type& ParserBase::GetConst() const
  {
    return m_ConstDef;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Return prototypes of all parser functions.
      \return #m_FunDef
      \sa FunProt
      \throw nothrow
      
      The return type is a map of the public type #funmap_type containing the prototype
      definitions for all numerical parser functions. String functions are not part of 
      this map. The Prototype definition is encapsulated in objects of the class FunProt
      one per parser function each associated with function names via a map construct.
  */
  const funmap_type& ParserBase::GetFunDef() const
  {
    return m_FunDef;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Retrieve the formula. */
  const string_type& ParserBase::GetExpr() const
  {
    return m_pTokenReader->GetExpr();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Execute a function that takes a single string argument.
      \param a_FunTok Function token.
      \throw exception_type If the function token is not a string function
  */
  ParserBase::token_type ParserBase::ApplyStrFunc(const token_type &a_FunTok,
                                                  const std::vector<token_type> &a_vArg) const
  {
    if (a_vArg.back().GetCode()!=cmSTRING)
      Error(ecSTRING_EXPECTED, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), a_FunTok.GetAsString());

    token_type  valTok;
    generic_fun_type pFunc = a_FunTok.GetFuncAddr();
    assert(pFunc);

    try
    {
      // Check function arguments; write dummy value into valtok to represent the result
      switch(a_FunTok.GetArgCount())
      {
      case 0: valTok.SetVal(1); a_vArg[0].GetAsString();  break;
      case 1: valTok.SetVal(1); a_vArg[1].GetAsString();  a_vArg[0].GetVal();  break;
      case 2: valTok.SetVal(1); a_vArg[2].GetAsString();  a_vArg[1].GetVal();  a_vArg[0].GetVal();  break;
      default: Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR);
      }
    }
    catch(ParserError& )
    {
      Error(ecVAL_EXPECTED, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), a_FunTok.GetAsString());
    }

    // string functions won't be optimized
    m_vRPN.AddStrFun(pFunc, a_FunTok.GetArgCount(), a_vArg.back().GetIdx());
    
    // Push dummy value representing the function result to the stack
    return valTok;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Apply a function token. 
      \param iArgCount Number of Arguments actually gathered used only for multiarg functions.
      \post The result is pushed to the value stack
      \post The function token is removed from the stack
      \throw exception_type if Argument count does not match function requirements.
  */
  void ParserBase::ApplyFunc( ParserStack<token_type> &a_stOpt,
                              ParserStack<token_type> &a_stVal, 
                              int a_iArgCount) const
  { 
    assert(m_pTokenReader.get());

    // Operator stack empty or does not contain tokens with callback functions
    if (a_stOpt.empty() || a_stOpt.top().GetFuncAddr()==0 )
      return;

    token_type funTok = a_stOpt.pop();
    assert(funTok.GetFuncAddr());

    // Binary operators must rely on their internal operator number
    // since counting of operators relies on commas for function arguments
    // binary operators do not have commas in their expression
    int iArgCount = (funTok.GetCode()==cmOPRT_BIN) ? funTok.GetArgCount() : a_iArgCount;

    // determine how many parameters the function needs. To remember iArgCount includes the 
    // string parameter whilst GetArgCount() counts only numeric parameters.
    int iArgRequired = funTok.GetArgCount() + ((funTok.GetType()==tpSTR) ? 1 : 0);

    // Thats the number of numerical parameters
    int iArgNumerical = iArgCount - ((funTok.GetType()==tpSTR) ? 1 : 0);

    if (funTok.GetCode()==cmFUNC_STR && iArgCount-iArgNumerical>1)
      Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR);

    if (funTok.GetArgCount()>=0 && iArgCount>iArgRequired) 
      Error(ecTOO_MANY_PARAMS, m_pTokenReader->GetPos()-1, funTok.GetAsString());

    if (funTok.GetCode()!=cmOPRT_BIN && iArgCount<iArgRequired )
      Error(ecTOO_FEW_PARAMS, m_pTokenReader->GetPos()-1, funTok.GetAsString());

    if (funTok.GetCode()==cmFUNC_STR && iArgCount>iArgRequired )
      Error(ecTOO_MANY_PARAMS, m_pTokenReader->GetPos()-1, funTok.GetAsString());

    // Collect the numeric function arguments from the value stack and store them
    // in a vector
    std::vector<token_type> stArg;  
    for (int i=0; i<iArgNumerical; ++i)
    {
      stArg.push_back( a_stVal.pop() );
      if ( stArg.back().GetType()==tpSTR && funTok.GetType()!=tpSTR )
        Error(ecVAL_EXPECTED, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), funTok.GetAsString());
    }

    switch((int)funTok.GetCode())
    {
    case  cmFUNC_STR:  
          stArg.push_back(a_stVal.pop());
          
          if ( stArg.back().GetType()==tpSTR && funTok.GetType()!=tpSTR )
            Error(ecVAL_EXPECTED, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), funTok.GetAsString());

          ApplyStrFunc(funTok, stArg); 
          break;

    case  cmFUNC_BULK: 
          m_vRPN.AddBulkFun(funTok.GetFuncAddr(), (int)stArg.size()); 
          break;

    case  cmOPRT_BIN:
    case  cmOPRT_POSTFIX:
    case  cmOPRT_INFIX:
    case  cmFUNC:
          if (funTok.GetArgCount()==-1 && iArgCount==0)
            Error(ecTOO_FEW_PARAMS, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), funTok.GetAsString());

          m_vRPN.AddFun(funTok.GetFuncAddr(), (funTok.GetArgCount()==-1) ? -iArgNumerical : iArgNumerical);
          break;
    }

    // Push dummy value representing the function result to the stack
    token_type token;
    token.SetVal(1);  
    a_stVal.push(token);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  void ParserBase::ApplyIfElse(ParserStack<token_type> &a_stOpt,
                               ParserStack<token_type> &a_stVal) const
  {
    // Check if there is an if Else clause to be calculated
    while (a_stOpt.size() && a_stOpt.top().GetCode()==cmELSE)
    {
      token_type opElse = a_stOpt.pop();
      MUP_ASSERT(a_stOpt.size()>0);

      // Take the value associated with the else branch from the value stack
      token_type vVal2 = a_stVal.pop();

      MUP_ASSERT(a_stOpt.size()>0);
      MUP_ASSERT(a_stVal.size()>=2);

      // it then else is a ternary operator Pop all three values from the value s
      // tack and just return the right value
      token_type vVal1 = a_stVal.pop();
      token_type vExpr = a_stVal.pop();

      a_stVal.push( (vExpr.GetVal()!=0) ? vVal1 : vVal2);

      token_type opIf = a_stOpt.pop();
      MUP_ASSERT(opElse.GetCode()==cmELSE);
      MUP_ASSERT(opIf.GetCode()==cmIF);

      m_vRPN.AddIfElse(cmENDIF);
    } // while pending if-else-clause found
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Performs the necessary steps to write code for
             the execution of binary operators into the bytecode. 
  */
  void ParserBase::ApplyBinOprt(ParserStack<token_type> &a_stOpt,
                                ParserStack<token_type> &a_stVal) const
  {
    // is it a user defined binary operator?
    if (a_stOpt.top().GetCode()==cmOPRT_BIN)
    {
      ApplyFunc(a_stOpt, a_stVal, 2);
    }
    else
    {
      MUP_ASSERT(a_stVal.size()>=2);
      token_type valTok1 = a_stVal.pop(),
                 valTok2 = a_stVal.pop(),
                 optTok  = a_stOpt.pop(),
                 resTok; 

      if ( valTok1.GetType()!=valTok2.GetType() || 
          (valTok1.GetType()==tpSTR && valTok2.GetType()==tpSTR) )
        Error(ecOPRT_TYPE_CONFLICT, m_pTokenReader->GetPos(), optTok.GetAsString());

      if (optTok.GetCode()==cmASSIGN)
      {
        if (valTok2.GetCode()!=cmVAR)
          Error(ecUNEXPECTED_OPERATOR, -1, _T("="));
                      
        m_vRPN.AddAssignOp(valTok2.GetVar());
      }
      else
        m_vRPN.AddOp(optTok.GetCode());

      resTok.SetVal(1);
      a_stVal.push(resTok);
    }
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Apply a binary operator. 
      \param a_stOpt The operator stack
      \param a_stVal The value stack
  */
  void ParserBase::ApplyRemainingOprt(ParserStack<token_type> &stOpt,
                                      ParserStack<token_type> &stVal) const
  {
    while (stOpt.size() && 
           stOpt.top().GetCode() != cmBO &&
           stOpt.top().GetCode() != cmIF)
    {
      token_type tok = stOpt.top();
      switch (tok.GetCode())
      {
      case cmOPRT_INFIX:
      case cmOPRT_BIN:
      case cmLE:
      case cmGE:
      case cmNEQ:
      case cmEQ:
      case cmLT:
      case cmGT:
      case cmADD:
      case cmSUB:
      case cmMUL:
      case cmDIV:
      case cmPOW:
      case cmLAND:
      case cmLOR:
      case cmASSIGN:
          if (stOpt.top().GetCode()==cmOPRT_INFIX)
            ApplyFunc(stOpt, stVal, 1);
          else
            ApplyBinOprt(stOpt, stVal);
          break;

      case cmELSE:
          ApplyIfElse(stOpt, stVal);
          break;

      default:
          Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR);
      }
    }
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Parse the command code.
      \sa ParseString(...)

      Command code contains precalculated stack positions of the values and the
      associated operators. The Stack is filled beginning from index one the 
      value at index zero is not used at all.
  */
  value_type ParserBase::ParseCmdCode() const
  {
    return ParseCmdCodeBulk(0, 0);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Evaluate the RPN. 
      \param nOffset The offset added to variable addresses (for bulk mode)
      \param nThreadID OpenMP Thread id of the calling thread
  */
  value_type ParserBase::ParseCmdCodeBulk(int nOffset, int nThreadID) const
  {
    assert(nThreadID<=s_MaxNumOpenMPThreads);

    // Note: The check for nOffset==0 and nThreadID here is not necessary but 
    //       brings a minor performance gain when not in bulk mode.
    value_type *Stack = ((nOffset==0) && (nThreadID==0)) ? &m_vStackBuffer[0] : &m_vStackBuffer[nThreadID * (m_vStackBuffer.size() / s_MaxNumOpenMPThreads)];
    value_type buf;
    int sidx(0);
    for (const SToken *pTok = m_vRPN.GetBase(); pTok->Cmd!=cmEND ; ++pTok)
    {
      switch (pTok->Cmd)
      {
      // built in binary operators
      case  cmLE:   --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] <= Stack[sidx+1]; continue;
      case  cmGE:   --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] >= Stack[sidx+1]; continue;
      case  cmNEQ:  --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] != Stack[sidx+1]; continue;
      case  cmEQ:   --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] == Stack[sidx+1]; continue;
      case  cmLT:   --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] < Stack[sidx+1];  continue;
      case  cmGT:   --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] > Stack[sidx+1];  continue;
      case  cmADD:  --sidx; Stack[sidx] += Stack[1+sidx]; continue;
      case  cmSUB:  --sidx; Stack[sidx] -= Stack[1+sidx]; continue;
      case  cmMUL:  --sidx; Stack[sidx] *= Stack[1+sidx]; continue;
      case  cmDIV:  --sidx;

  #if defined(MUP_MATH_EXCEPTIONS)
                  if (Stack[1+sidx]==0)
                    Error(ecDIV_BY_ZERO);
  #endif
                  Stack[sidx] /= Stack[1+sidx]; 
                  continue;

      case  cmPOW: 
              --sidx; Stack[sidx] = MathImpl<value_type>::Pow(Stack[sidx], Stack[1+sidx]);
              continue;

      case  cmLAND: --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] && Stack[sidx+1]; continue;
      case  cmLOR:  --sidx; Stack[sidx]  = Stack[sidx] || Stack[sidx+1]; continue;

      case  cmASSIGN: 
          // Bugfix for Bulkmode:
          // for details see:
          //    https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/?place=forum/muparser-dev&showsearch=true&showpopout=true&showtabs=false&parenturl=http://muparser.beltoforion.de/mup_forum.html&afterlogin&pli=1#!topic/muparser-dev/szgatgoHTws
          --sidx; Stack[sidx] = *(pTok->Oprt.ptr + nOffset) = Stack[sidx + 1]; continue;
          // original code:
          //--sidx; Stack[sidx] = *pTok->Oprt.ptr = Stack[sidx+1]; continue;

      //case  cmBO:  // unused, listed for compiler optimization purposes
      //case  cmBC:
      //      MUP_FAIL(INVALID_CODE_IN_BYTECODE);
      //      continue;

      case  cmIF:
            if (Stack[sidx--]==0)
              pTok += pTok->Oprt.offset;
            continue;

      case  cmELSE:
            pTok += pTok->Oprt.offset;
            continue;

      case  cmENDIF:
            continue;

      //case  cmARG_SEP:
      //      MUP_FAIL(INVALID_CODE_IN_BYTECODE);
      //      continue;

      // value and variable tokens
      case  cmVAR:    Stack[++sidx] = *(pTok->Val.ptr + nOffset);  continue;
      case  cmVAL:    Stack[++sidx] =  pTok->Val.data2;  continue;
      
      case  cmVARPOW2: buf = *(pTok->Val.ptr + nOffset);
                       Stack[++sidx] = buf*buf;
                       continue;

      case  cmVARPOW3: buf = *(pTok->Val.ptr + nOffset);
                       Stack[++sidx] = buf*buf*buf;
                       continue;

      case  cmVARPOW4: buf = *(pTok->Val.ptr + nOffset);
                       Stack[++sidx] = buf*buf*buf*buf;
                       continue;
      
      case  cmVARMUL:  Stack[++sidx] = *(pTok->Val.ptr + nOffset) * pTok->Val.data + pTok->Val.data2;
                       continue;

      // Next is treatment of numeric functions
      case  cmFUNC:
            {
              int iArgCount = pTok->Fun.argc;

              // switch according to argument count
              switch(iArgCount)  
              {
              case 0: sidx += 1; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type0)pTok->Fun.ptr)(); continue;
              case 1:            Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type1)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx]);   continue;
              case 2: sidx -= 1; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type2)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1]); continue;
              case 3: sidx -= 2; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type3)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2]); continue;
              case 4: sidx -= 3; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type4)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3]); continue;
              case 5: sidx -= 4; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type5)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4]); continue;
              case 6: sidx -= 5; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type6)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5]); continue;
              case 7: sidx -= 6; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type7)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6]); continue;
              case 8: sidx -= 7; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type8)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7]); continue;
              case 9: sidx -= 8; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type9)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7], Stack[sidx+8]); continue;
              case 10:sidx -= 9; Stack[sidx] = (*(fun_type10)pTok->Fun.ptr)(Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7], Stack[sidx+8], Stack[sidx+9]); continue;
              default:
                if (iArgCount>0) // function with variable arguments store the number as a negative value
                  Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 1);

                sidx -= -iArgCount - 1;
                Stack[sidx] =(*(multfun_type)pTok->Fun.ptr)(&Stack[sidx], -iArgCount);
                continue;
              }
            }

      // Next is treatment of string functions
      case  cmFUNC_STR:
            {
              sidx -= pTok->Fun.argc -1;

              // The index of the string argument in the string table
              int iIdxStack = pTok->Fun.idx;  
              MUP_ASSERT( iIdxStack>=0 && iIdxStack<(int)m_vStringBuf.size() );

              switch(pTok->Fun.argc)  // switch according to argument count
              {
              case 0: Stack[sidx] = (*(strfun_type1)pTok->Fun.ptr)(m_vStringBuf[iIdxStack].c_str()); continue;
              case 1: Stack[sidx] = (*(strfun_type2)pTok->Fun.ptr)(m_vStringBuf[iIdxStack].c_str(), Stack[sidx]); continue;
              case 2: Stack[sidx] = (*(strfun_type3)pTok->Fun.ptr)(m_vStringBuf[iIdxStack].c_str(), Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1]); continue;
              }

              continue;
            }

        case  cmFUNC_BULK:
              {
                int iArgCount = pTok->Fun.argc;

                // switch according to argument count
                switch(iArgCount)  
                {
                case 0: sidx += 1; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type0 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID); continue;
                case 1:            Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type1 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx]); continue;
                case 2: sidx -= 1; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type2 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1]); continue;
                case 3: sidx -= 2; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type3 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2]); continue;
                case 4: sidx -= 3; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type4 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3]); continue;
                case 5: sidx -= 4; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type5 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4]); continue;
                case 6: sidx -= 5; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type6 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5]); continue;
                case 7: sidx -= 6; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type7 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6]); continue;
                case 8: sidx -= 7; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type8 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7]); continue;
                case 9: sidx -= 8; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type9 )pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7], Stack[sidx+8]); continue;
                case 10:sidx -= 9; Stack[sidx] = (*(bulkfun_type10)pTok->Fun.ptr)(nOffset, nThreadID, Stack[sidx], Stack[sidx+1], Stack[sidx+2], Stack[sidx+3], Stack[sidx+4], Stack[sidx+5], Stack[sidx+6], Stack[sidx+7], Stack[sidx+8], Stack[sidx+9]); continue;
                default:
                  Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 2);
                  continue;
                }
              }

        default:
              Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 3);
              return 0;
      } // switch CmdCode
    } // for all bytecode tokens

    return Stack[m_nFinalResultIdx];  
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  void ParserBase::CreateRPN() const
  {
    if (!m_pTokenReader->GetExpr().length())
      Error(ecUNEXPECTED_EOF, 0);

    ParserStack<token_type> stOpt, stVal;
    ParserStack<int> stArgCount;
    token_type opta, opt;  // for storing operators
    token_type val, tval;  // for storing value

    ReInit();
    
    // The outermost counter counts the number of separated items
    // such as in "a=10,b=20,c=c+a"
    stArgCount.push(1);
    
    for(;;)
    {
      opt = m_pTokenReader->ReadNextToken();

      switch (opt.GetCode())
      {
        //
        // Next three are different kind of value entries
        //
        case cmSTRING:
                opt.SetIdx((int)m_vStringBuf.size());      // Assign buffer index to token 
                stVal.push(opt);
		            m_vStringBuf.push_back(opt.GetAsString()); // Store string in internal buffer
                break;
   
        case cmVAR:
                stVal.push(opt);
                m_vRPN.AddVar( static_cast<value_type*>(opt.GetVar()) );
                break;

        case cmVAL:
		        stVal.push(opt);
                m_vRPN.AddVal( opt.GetVal() );
                break;

        case cmELSE:
                m_nIfElseCounter--;
                if (m_nIfElseCounter<0)
                  Error(ecMISPLACED_COLON, m_pTokenReader->GetPos());

                ApplyRemainingOprt(stOpt, stVal);
                m_vRPN.AddIfElse(cmELSE);
                stOpt.push(opt);
                break;


        case cmARG_SEP:
                if (stArgCount.empty())
                  Error(ecUNEXPECTED_ARG_SEP, m_pTokenReader->GetPos());

                ++stArgCount.top();
                // fallthrough intentional (no break!)

        case cmEND:
                ApplyRemainingOprt(stOpt, stVal);
                break;

       case cmBC:
                {
                  // The argument count for parameterless functions is zero
                  // by default an opening bracket sets parameter count to 1
                  // in preparation of arguments to come. If the last token
                  // was an opening bracket we know better...
                  if (opta.GetCode()==cmBO)
                    --stArgCount.top();
                  
                  ApplyRemainingOprt(stOpt, stVal);

                  // Check if the bracket content has been evaluated completely
                  if (stOpt.size() && stOpt.top().GetCode()==cmBO)
                  {
                    // if opt is ")" and opta is "(" the bracket has been evaluated, now its time to check
                    // if there is either a function or a sign pending
                    // neither the opening nor the closing bracket will be pushed back to
                    // the operator stack
                    // Check if a function is standing in front of the opening bracket, 
                    // if yes evaluate it afterwards check for infix operators
                    assert(stArgCount.size());
                    int iArgCount = stArgCount.pop();
                    
                    stOpt.pop(); // Take opening bracket from stack

                    if (iArgCount>1 && ( stOpt.size()==0 || 
                                        (stOpt.top().GetCode()!=cmFUNC && 
                                         stOpt.top().GetCode()!=cmFUNC_BULK && 
                                         stOpt.top().GetCode()!=cmFUNC_STR) ) )
                      Error(ecUNEXPECTED_ARG, m_pTokenReader->GetPos());
                    
                    // The opening bracket was popped from the stack now check if there
                    // was a function before this bracket
                    if (stOpt.size() && 
                        stOpt.top().GetCode()!=cmOPRT_INFIX && 
                        stOpt.top().GetCode()!=cmOPRT_BIN && 
                        stOpt.top().GetFuncAddr()!=0)
                    {
                      ApplyFunc(stOpt, stVal, iArgCount);
                    }
                  }
                } // if bracket content is evaluated
                break;

        //
        // Next are the binary operator entries
        //
        //case cmAND:   // built in binary operators
        //case cmOR:
        //case cmXOR:
        case cmIF:
                m_nIfElseCounter++;
                // fallthrough intentional (no break!)

        case cmLAND:
        case cmLOR:
        case cmLT:
        case cmGT:
        case cmLE:
        case cmGE:
        case cmNEQ:
        case cmEQ:
        case cmADD:
        case cmSUB:
        case cmMUL:
        case cmDIV:
        case cmPOW:
        case cmASSIGN:
        case cmOPRT_BIN:

                // A binary operator (user defined or built in) has been found. 
                while ( stOpt.size() && 
                        stOpt.top().GetCode() != cmBO &&
                        stOpt.top().GetCode() != cmELSE &&
                        stOpt.top().GetCode() != cmIF)
                {
                  int nPrec1 = GetOprtPrecedence(stOpt.top()),
                      nPrec2 = GetOprtPrecedence(opt);

                  if (stOpt.top().GetCode()==opt.GetCode())
                  {

                    // Deal with operator associativity
                    EOprtAssociativity eOprtAsct = GetOprtAssociativity(opt);
                    if ( (eOprtAsct==oaRIGHT && (nPrec1 <= nPrec2)) || 
                         (eOprtAsct==oaLEFT  && (nPrec1 <  nPrec2)) )
                    {
                      break;
                    }
                  }
                  else if (nPrec1 < nPrec2)
                  {
                    // In case the operators are not equal the precedence decides alone...
                    break;
                  }
                  
                  if (stOpt.top().GetCode()==cmOPRT_INFIX)
                    ApplyFunc(stOpt, stVal, 1);
                  else
                    ApplyBinOprt(stOpt, stVal);
                } // while ( ... )

                if (opt.GetCode()==cmIF)
                  m_vRPN.AddIfElse(opt.GetCode());

    			      // The operator can't be evaluated right now, push back to the operator stack
                stOpt.push(opt);
                break;

        //
        // Last section contains functions and operators implicitly mapped to functions
        //
        case cmBO:
                stArgCount.push(1);
                stOpt.push(opt);
                break;

        case cmOPRT_INFIX:
        case cmFUNC:
        case cmFUNC_BULK:
        case cmFUNC_STR:  
                stOpt.push(opt);
                break;

        case cmOPRT_POSTFIX:
                stOpt.push(opt);
                ApplyFunc(stOpt, stVal, 1);  // this is the postfix operator
                break;

        default:  Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 3);
      } // end of switch operator-token

      opta = opt;

      if ( opt.GetCode() == cmEND )
      {
        m_vRPN.Finalize();
        break;
      }

      if (ParserBase::g_DbgDumpStack)
      {
        StackDump(stVal, stOpt);
        m_vRPN.AsciiDump();
      }
    } // while (true)

    if (ParserBase::g_DbgDumpCmdCode)
      m_vRPN.AsciiDump();

    if (m_nIfElseCounter>0)
      Error(ecMISSING_ELSE_CLAUSE);

    // get the last value (= final result) from the stack
    MUP_ASSERT(stArgCount.size()==1);
    m_nFinalResultIdx = stArgCount.top();
    if (m_nFinalResultIdx==0)
      Error(ecINTERNAL_ERROR, 9);

    if (stVal.size()==0)
      Error(ecEMPTY_EXPRESSION);

    if (stVal.top().GetType()!=tpDBL)
      Error(ecSTR_RESULT);

    m_vStackBuffer.resize(m_vRPN.GetMaxStackSize() * s_MaxNumOpenMPThreads);
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief One of the two main parse functions.
      \sa ParseCmdCode(...)

    Parse expression from input string. Perform syntax checking and create 
    bytecode. After parsing the string and creating the bytecode the function 
    pointer #m_pParseFormula will be changed to the second parse routine the 
    uses bytecode instead of string parsing.
  */
  value_type ParserBase::ParseString() const
  {
    try
    {
      CreateRPN();
      m_pParseFormula = &ParserBase::ParseCmdCode;
      return (this->*m_pParseFormula)(); 
    }
    catch(ParserError &exc)
    {
      exc.SetFormula(m_pTokenReader->GetExpr());
      throw;
    }
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Create an error containing the parse error position.

    This function will create an Parser Exception object containing the error text and
    its position.

    \param a_iErrc [in] The error code of type #EErrorCodes.
    \param a_iPos [in] The position where the error was detected.
    \param a_strTok [in] The token string representation associated with the error.
    \throw ParserException always throws thats the only purpose of this function.
  */
  void  ParserBase::Error(EErrorCodes a_iErrc, int a_iPos, const string_type &a_sTok) const
  {
    throw exception_type(a_iErrc, a_sTok, m_pTokenReader->GetExpr(), a_iPos);
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear all user defined variables.
      \throw nothrow

      Resets the parser to string parsing mode by calling #ReInit.
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearVar()
  {
    m_VarDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Remove a variable from internal storage.
      \throw nothrow

      Removes a variable if it exists. If the Variable does not exist nothing will be done.
  */
  void ParserBase::RemoveVar(const string_type &a_strVarName)
  {
    varmap_type::iterator item = m_VarDef.find(a_strVarName);
    if (item!=m_VarDef.end())
    {
      m_VarDef.erase(item);
      ReInit();
    }
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear all functions.
      \post Resets the parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearFun()
  {
    m_FunDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear all user defined constants.

      Both numeric and string constants will be removed from the internal storage.
      \post Resets the parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearConst()
  {
    m_ConstDef.clear();
    m_StrVarDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear all user defined postfix operators.
      \post Resets the parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearPostfixOprt()
  {
    m_PostOprtDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear all user defined binary operators.
      \post Resets the parser to string parsing mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearOprt()
  {
    m_OprtDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Clear the user defined Prefix operators. 
      \post Resets the parser to string parser mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::ClearInfixOprt()
  {
    m_InfixOprtDef.clear();
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Enable or disable the formula optimization feature. 
      \post Resets the parser to string parser mode.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  void ParserBase::EnableOptimizer(bool a_bIsOn)
  {
    m_vRPN.EnableOptimizer(a_bIsOn);
    ReInit();
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Enable the dumping of bytecode and stack content on the console. 
      \param bDumpCmd Flag to enable dumping of the current bytecode to the console.
      \param bDumpStack Flag to enable dumping of the stack content is written to the console.

     This function is for debug purposes only!
  */
  void ParserBase::EnableDebugDump(bool bDumpCmd, bool bDumpStack)
  {
    ParserBase::g_DbgDumpCmdCode = bDumpCmd;
    ParserBase::g_DbgDumpStack   = bDumpStack;
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Enable or disable the built in binary operators.
      \throw nothrow
      \sa m_bBuiltInOp, ReInit()

    If you disable the built in binary operators there will be no binary operators
    defined. Thus you must add them manually one by one. It is not possible to
    disable built in operators selectively. This function will Reinitialize the
    parser by calling ReInit().
  */
  void ParserBase::EnableBuiltInOprt(bool a_bIsOn)
  {
    m_bBuiltInOp = a_bIsOn;
    ReInit();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Query status of built in variables.
      \return #m_bBuiltInOp; true if built in operators are enabled.
      \throw nothrow
  */
  bool ParserBase::HasBuiltInOprt() const
  {
    return m_bBuiltInOp;
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Get the argument separator character. 
  */
  char_type ParserBase::GetArgSep() const
  {
    return m_pTokenReader->GetArgSep();
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Set argument separator. 
      \param cArgSep the argument separator character.
  */
  void ParserBase::SetArgSep(char_type cArgSep)
  {
    m_pTokenReader->SetArgSep(cArgSep);
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Dump stack content. 

      This function is used for debugging only.
  */
  void ParserBase::StackDump(const ParserStack<token_type> &a_stVal, 
                             const ParserStack<token_type> &a_stOprt) const
  {
    ParserStack<token_type> stOprt(a_stOprt), 
                            stVal(a_stVal);

    mu::console() << _T("\nValue stack:\n");
    while ( !stVal.empty() ) 
    {
      token_type val = stVal.pop();
      if (val.GetType()==tpSTR)
        mu::console() << _T(" \"") << val.GetAsString() << _T("\" ");
      else
        mu::console() << _T(" ") << val.GetVal() << _T(" ");
    }
    mu::console() << "\nOperator stack:\n";

    while ( !stOprt.empty() )
    {
      if (stOprt.top().GetCode()<=cmASSIGN) 
      {
        mu::console() << _T("OPRT_INTRNL \"")
                      << ParserBase::c_DefaultOprt[stOprt.top().GetCode()] 
                      << _T("\" \n");
      }
      else
      {
        switch(stOprt.top().GetCode())
        {
        case cmVAR:   mu::console() << _T("VAR\n");  break;
        case cmVAL:   mu::console() << _T("VAL\n");  break;
        case cmFUNC:  mu::console() << _T("FUNC \"") 
                                    << stOprt.top().GetAsString() 
                                    << _T("\"\n");   break;
        case cmFUNC_BULK:  mu::console() << _T("FUNC_BULK \"") 
                                         << stOprt.top().GetAsString() 
                                         << _T("\"\n");   break;
        case cmOPRT_INFIX: mu::console() << _T("OPRT_INFIX \"")
                                         << stOprt.top().GetAsString() 
                                         << _T("\"\n");      break;
        case cmOPRT_BIN:   mu::console() << _T("OPRT_BIN \"") 
                                         << stOprt.top().GetAsString() 
                                         << _T("\"\n");           break;
        case cmFUNC_STR: mu::console() << _T("FUNC_STR\n");       break;
        case cmEND:      mu::console() << _T("END\n");            break;
        case cmUNKNOWN:  mu::console() << _T("UNKNOWN\n");        break;
        case cmBO:       mu::console() << _T("BRACKET \"(\"\n");  break;
        case cmBC:       mu::console() << _T("BRACKET \")\"\n");  break;
        case cmIF:       mu::console() << _T("IF\n");  break;
        case cmELSE:     mu::console() << _T("ELSE\n");  break;
        case cmENDIF:    mu::console() << _T("ENDIF\n");  break;
        default:         mu::console() << stOprt.top().GetCode() << _T(" ");  break;
        }
      }	
      stOprt.pop();
    }

    mu::console() << dec << endl;
  }

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Evaluate an expression containing comma separated subexpressions 
      \param [out] nStackSize The total number of results available
      \return Pointer to the array containing all expression results

      This member function can be used to retrieve all results of an expression
      made up of multiple comma separated subexpressions (i.e. "x+y,sin(x),cos(y)")
  */
  value_type* ParserBase::Eval(int &nStackSize) const
  {
    (this->*m_pParseFormula)(); 
    nStackSize = m_nFinalResultIdx;

    // (for historic reasons the stack starts at position 1)
    return &m_vStackBuffer[1];
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Return the number of results on the calculation stack. 
  
    If the expression contains comma separated subexpressions (i.e. "sin(y), x+y"). 
    There may be more than one return value. This function returns the number of 
    available results.
  */
  int ParserBase::GetNumResults() const
  {
    return m_nFinalResultIdx;
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /** \brief Calculate the result.

    A note on const correctness: 
    I consider it important that Calc is a const function.
    Due to caching operations Calc changes only the state of internal variables with one exception
    m_UsedVar this is reset during string parsing and accessible from the outside. Instead of making
    Calc non const GetUsedVar is non const because it explicitly calls Eval() forcing this update. 

    \pre A formula must be set.
    \pre Variables must have been set (if needed)

    \sa #m_pParseFormula
    \return The evaluation result
    \throw ParseException if no Formula is set or in case of any other error related to the formula.
  */
  value_type ParserBase::Eval() const
  {
    return (this->*m_pParseFormula)(); 
  }

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  void ParserBase::Eval(value_type *results, int nBulkSize)
  {
/* <ibg 2014-09-24/> Commented because it is making a unit test impossible

    // Parallelization does not make sense for fewer than 10000 computations 
    // due to thread creation overhead. If the bulk size is below 2000
    // computation is refused. 
    if (nBulkSize<2000)
    {
      throw ParserError(ecUNREASONABLE_NUMBER_OF_COMPUTATIONS);
    }
*/
    CreateRPN();

    int i = 0;

#ifdef MUP_USE_OPENMP
//#define DEBUG_OMP_STUFF
    #ifdef DEBUG_OMP_STUFF
    int *pThread = new int[nBulkSize];
    int *pIdx = new int[nBulkSize];
    #endif

    int nMaxThreads = std::min(omp_get_max_threads(), s_MaxNumOpenMPThreads);
	int nThreadID = 0, ct = 0;
    omp_set_num_threads(nMaxThreads);

    #pragma omp parallel for schedule(static, nBulkSize/nMaxThreads) private(nThreadID)
    for (i=0; i<nBulkSize; ++i)
    {
      nThreadID = omp_get_thread_num();
      results[i] = ParseCmdCodeBulk(i, nThreadID);

      #ifdef DEBUG_OMP_STUFF
      #pragma omp critical
      {
        pThread[ct] = nThreadID;  
        pIdx[ct] = i; 
        ct++;
      }
      #endif
    }

#ifdef DEBUG_OMP_STUFF
    FILE *pFile = fopen("bulk_dbg.txt", "w");
    for (i=0; i<nBulkSize; ++i)
    {
      fprintf(pFile, "idx: %d  thread: %d \n", pIdx[i], pThread[i]);
    }
    
    delete [] pIdx;
    delete [] pThread;

    fclose(pFile);
#endif

#else
    for (i=0; i<nBulkSize; ++i)
    {
      results[i] = ParseCmdCodeBulk(i, 0);
    }
#endif

  }
} // namespace mu
