[antlr-interest] Handling 'finally' in language target thatdoesn't have 'finally'

[Rick Mann]

On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:27:10, Sam Harwell wrote:

> This isn't really isn't the list for the topic of whether or not C++
> should/shouldn't support ___. I'm saying this primarily because it's a
> grinding point for various people and sure to lead to harsh feelings
> (expressed in replies or not). For the sake of creating an ANTLR  
> target
> (I think that's the real goal?), you have a few options. If you simply
> want to disallow finally code in the grammar when the C++ target is
> used, make the template for finally code spit out the following if the
> finally code is not blank.

Agreed.

> #error The C++ target does not support 'finally' blocks in grammars.  
> Use
> RAII instead.

Thanks, that's probably the best I can hope for. I would've preferred  
for the ANTLR tool to issue the warning, but I have many bigger fish  
to fry at the moment.

-- 
Rick