[antlr-interest] ANTLR ActionScript target broken | ANTLR 3.3 fail to compile : antlr3-maven-archetype does not exist

[Jim Idle]

Please send the full output and make sure you followed the instructions step by step with maven 2.x

On Jun 25, 2011, at 13:51, Stefan <seaside.ki at me.com> wrote:

> Since the ActionScript target is buggy, I tried to compile ANTLR 3.3.
> 
> Installed Maven, set the PATH, and followed the instructions to compile ANTLR.
> 
> While I actually can maven subproject like gunit, I fail to maven the ANTLR folder.
> I mean the main pm.xml. Get this error:
> 
>   [ERROR]     Child module /Users/KKK/Desktop/Neuer Ordner 4/antlr-3 2.3/antlr3-maven-archetype 
>        of /Users/KKK/Desktop/Neuer Ordner 4/antlr-3 2.3/pom.xml does not exist
> 
> Part of the ANTLR distribution is antlr3-maven-plugin.
> 
> Since BUILD.txt states that building ANTLR is trivial, I wonder, I forgot to perform 
> a trivial step ;-)
> 
> Could someone assist?
> 
> Stefan
> 
> 
> Am 24.06.2011 um 00:50 schrieb Stefan:
> 
>> Thx Jim!
>> 
>> Ah, I see. I'll try to contact the author
>> 
>> I'd probably jump in and invest some days to reanimate the project. There are
>> several problems, but all seem to be small and relatively easy fixable.
>> 
>> Let's see. Installing the Maven Eclipse plugin right now ;-)
>> 
>> Stefan
>> 
>> 
>> Am 24.06.2011 um 00:29 schrieb Jim Idle:
>> 
>>> ActionScript has been orphaned as far as I can tell - you could try
>>> emailing the original author of that target and see if they have any plans
>>> to continue with it.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-
>>>> bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Stefan
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:48 PM
>>>> To: antlr-interest at antlr.org
>>>> Subject: [antlr-interest] ANTLR ActionScript target broken
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> According to these instructions, I'm trying to use ANTLR generated *.as
>>>> files in a current Flash Builder 4.5.1 project.
>>>> 
>>>> Therefore, I added this ANTLR's Actionscript runtime to my project -
>>>> without problems.
>>>> 
>>>> I compiled lexer/parser specs using ANTLRWorks without problems too.
>>>> 
>>>> I added the language option to the source *.g file to make ANTLR
>>>> generate Actionscript sources:
>>>> 
>>>> options {
>>>>  backtrack = true;
>>>>  memoize = true;
>>>>  k=2;
>>>>  output = AST;
>>>>  language=ActionScript;        // Added this
>>>>  ASTLabelType = CommonTree;
>>>> }
>>>> Unfortunately, the ANTLR/ANTLRworks generated Actionscript code is
>>>> buggy:
>>>> 
>>>> Catch statements read like this catch (RecognitionException re), but
>>>> should read like this:catch ( re:RecognitionException ).
>>>> 
>>>> Furthermore, Flash Builder complains about the use of Array here:
>>>> 
>>>> public override function get tokenNames():Array { return
>>>> PhpParser.tokenNames; } Besides this, other problems exist in the
>>>> generated ActionScript sources. E.g. wrong function declaration,
>>>> package declaration inside package, ChartStream.getLine() called
>>>> instead of ChartStream.line(),...
>>>> 
>>>> I checked ANTLR itself too. But the pure JAR renders the same problem.
>>>> Thus, ANTLRworks isn't the problem, but ANTLR itself.
>>>> 
>>>> Assuming that I did everything correct, I wonder if and when the ANTLR
>>>> project may provide a bug fix.
>>>> 
>>>> Ah, hints how to make the current ANTLR work with ActionScript, would
>>>> be even better ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Kinds regards,
>>>> 
>>>> S
>>>> 
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