[antlr-interest] JavaScript Target

[Terence Parr]

On May 15, 2008, at 9:19 PM, Joey Hurst wrote:

> Hello all,
> For the last few months I've been working on a JavaScript ANTLR  
> target.

hooray!

> Things are coming along quite well; as of today the target passes  
> most of the tests (ported to JsUnit) shipped with the 3.0.1 source  
> distribution.  I've focused on the tests in the runtime/Python/ 
> tests/ directory, although there are others too.  I've maintained  
> API compatibility with the Java target where possible, but there are  
> a few places where JavaScript couldn't quite handle the task at hand  
> (e.g. there is no reliable way to do runtime stack reflection in  
> EcmaScript/JavaScript version 3).
>
> I write this message because I wanted to get a couple legal and  
> scheduling issues cleared up before I continue any further:
>
> 1) 99% of the JavaScript target code is original (although heavily  
> inspired, of course, by the other targets).  The remaining 1%  
> consists of a modified version of the Yahoo class provided by the  
> Yahoo UI Library.  This code is licensed under the BSD license like  
> ANTLR, so I assume this won't cause any problems.  If this is an  
> issue I could rewrite the code, but it would be a hassle.  Here's a  
> link to the YUI license:
> http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/license.html
> Here's a link to the Yahoo class docs for anyone who is curious:
> http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/yahoo/

seems ok. so you would simply be including a source code file with a  
license a the top? Should be fine.

> 2) It appears that the 3.1 release is imminent.  My work has been  
> based off the 3.01 release to date.  Do y'all think it would be  
> valuable to create a finished 3.0.1 compatible version of the  
> JavaScript target, or should I port what I have now to 3.1 and  
> release that?

We could include 3.0.1 JavaScript target with 3.1 as long as the  
templates worked and the runtime was consistent.

> I'll send out the documentation and code in about another month.  It  
> should be complete and pretty robust at that time.

Oh okay, it seems like you will miss the 3.1 deadline; uh, like this  
weekend ;)

> Terence: I'm a fellow SF denizen.  I'll have to buy you a beer  
> sometime in appreciation for this great tool!

Heh,bring on the beer, dude. ok, wine, but same idea... what part of  
the city do you live in? If you hear gunshots, that's probably my  
neighborhood too. [might one take this discussion to an offlist thread]

Ter