1 files changed, 34 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/poem/read/parse.rs b/src/poem/read/parse.rs
index 7b01d85..0dbdf0f 100644
--- a/src/poem/read/parse.rs
+++ b/src/poem/read/parse.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,43 @@
+use crate::poem::elements::rune::Rune;
+use std::str::Chars;
+
 /// Look ahead one character in the input
 ///
 /// May need to look ahead one character in the input string to determine the
 /// proper rune. For instance `&`, vs `&&`.
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! next {
-    ($chars:expr, $i:expr, $otherwise:expr, $rune:expr, $ahead:expr) => {
-        match $chars.clone().peekable().peek() {
-            Some(c) if *c == $ahead => {
-                $chars.next();
-                $i += 1;
-                $rune
-            }
-            Some(_) => $otherwise,
-            None => $otherwise,
+///
+/// # Arguments:
+/// `chars` - An iterator over the characters in the poem
+/// `i` - A counter to keep track of the current column
+/// `otherwise` - The rune to return if there are no matches
+/// `ahead` - A list of tuples, containing characters to look ahead for,
+///           alongside which rune they correspond to
+///
+/// # Examples:
+/// ```
+/// next(&mut chars, &mut i, Rune::Write, vec![('>', Rune::Addendum)])
+/// next(&mut chars, &mut i, Rune::Quiet, vec![('&', Rune::And)])
+/// ```
+pub fn next(chars: &mut Chars, i: &mut usize, otherwise: Rune, ahead: Vec<(char, Rune)>) -> Rune {
+    // Try to get the next character in the poem
+    let next = match chars.peekable().peek() {
+        Some(c) => *c,
+        None => {
+            return otherwise;
         }
     };
+
+    // Check if that next character matches any characters in ahead
+    for (c, rune) in ahead.iter() {
+        if next == *c {
+            chars.into_iter().next();
+            *i += 1;
+            return *rune;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // If it doesn't match, return the default
+    otherwise
 }
 
 /// Keep pushing to the [Word][super::super::elements::word::Word] stack