[antlr-interest] newlines in v3 (codegen, runtime solutions)

[Terence Parr]

On Nov 28, 2005, at 1:20 PM, Chris Black wrote:
> Micheal J wrote:
>
>>> My philosophy behind v3 is that it should do by default what  
>>> most  people will want it to do.  Most people just want it to  
>>> work and
>>> are not that concerned with speed.
>>>
>>
>> Noted. We'll adopt that philosophy for the v3 codegen.
>>
>> Micheal
>>
> Neeeoooooohhh!!!
> It makes me crazy when I see exchanges like this. We use ANTLR not  
> only because it is easier to write and more maintainable in many  
> instances, but because it is FAST!

Hi.  Apparently you're saying I know how to do both so don't worry. ;)

> I don't see how having it "just work" is at odds with making it  
> quick. I've also already stated my opinion that I would much rather  
> have speed over prettiness/readability of generated code. I just  
> really don't understand the attitude some people seem to have  
> regarding speed trade offs. SPEED IS IMPORTANT TO MANY USERS.

Yep, and you'll get it either by default or by stripping things down  
easily.  Jim Idle reports that the current Java target with all the  
goodies results in faster parsers than v2 (I should hope so!).

Ter