First stab at a new express parser to have some more luck with Ifc4

src/ifcexpressparser/schema.py

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+###############################################################################
+#                                                                             #
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.                                          #
+#                                                                             #
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
+# it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as published by #
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or         #
+# (at your option) any later version.                                         #
+#                                                                             #
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             #
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              #
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                #
+# Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.                         #
+#                                                                             #
+# You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License    #
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.        #
+#                                                                             #
+###############################################################################
+
+import nodes
+import collections
+
+class Schema:
+    def is_enumeration(self, v):
+        return v in self.enumerations
+    def is_select(self, v):
+        return v in self.selects
+    def is_simpletype(self, v):
+        return v in self.simpletypes
+    def is_type(self, v):
+        return v in self.types
+    def is_entity(self, v):
+        return v in self.entities
+    def __init__(self, parsetree):
+        self.name = parsetree[1]
+
+        sort = lambda d: collections.OrderedDict(sorted(d.items()))
+
+        self.types = sort({t.name:t for t in parsetree if isinstance(t, nodes.TypeDeclaration)})
+        self.entities = sort({t.name:t for t in parsetree if isinstance(t, nodes.EntityDeclaration)})
+
+        of_type = lambda *types: sort({a: b.type.type for a,b in self.types.items() if any(isinstance(b.type.type, ty) for ty in types)})
+
+        self.enumerations = of_type(nodes.EnumerationType)
+        self.selects = of_type(nodes.SelectType)
+        self.simpletypes = of_type(str, nodes.AggregationType)