[antlr-interest] superClass usage

Paul Keir paul at paulkeir.com
Wed Nov 14 12:13:31 PST 2007


Great, a grammar include would be perfect. I look forward to giving it a 
spin.
P

Kay Röpke wrote:
>
> 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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