[antlr-interest] Modifying token type within parser

[Jeff Dahl]

Ric Klaren wrote:

>On 7/12/05, Jeff Dahl <jddahl at micron.com> wrote:
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>>Is it possible to modify the token type within the parser?
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>>I tried:
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>>    parser_rule:  t:TOKEN {t.setType(OTHER_TOKEN);}
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>>but, the actual token passed up is still of type TOKEN.
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>If you're trying to build a tree with a different token type just use
>the AST construction syntax to add the appropriate token to the AST
>(might have to turn automatic construction of for the rule).
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Good point!  Thanks for the help.  Your solution works perfectly.

Jeff