[antlr-interest] superClass usage

Kay Röpke kroepke at classdump.org
Wed Nov 14 05:32:25 PST 2007


On Nov 14, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Paul Keir wrote:

> Thanks Oti. Yeah, I finally realised I was hoping for too much from  
> superClass. It seems like grammar inheritance is only something for  
> the antlr wishlist.


not as much as you think.
Terence has done a lot of work in that area lately.

It works differently, not by inheritance but with delegation. It's  
more like an include of a grammar. Guess he's best qualified to  
comment of what the current state is in the Java target.

cheers,
-k
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