[antlr-interest] Java Parser to analyze C++ language syntax

[Andy Tripp]

Kaleb Pederson wrote:
 
> In looking at LLVM a bit more closely, although both the FAQ and the
> features page mention full C++ support,

"full C++ support" - heh, that would be impossible ;)
Seems like pretty much any random sequence of characters would be
valid C++.

> One note on David Wigg's C++ grammar, it seemed well documented
> although, IIRC, it used a slightly patched version of ANTLR or its
> runtime which makes it a bit more difficult to use than would be
> typical.

IIRC, Wigg's C++ grammar chokes if you ever give it enough ugly C++
to chew on. As Terrence quips in his book "Back when C++ was almost parsable...".

Andy
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> --Kaleb
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