[antlr-interest] How to do preprocessing in antlr v4?

[Terence Parr]

Hi. in the extras code dir from book you'll find a C preprocessor like sample.
Ter
On Nov 18, 2012, at 6:52 PM, Martin d'Anjou wrote:

> On 12-11-18 09:51 AM, Bernard Kaiflin wrote:
>> 
>> Having said that, if your need is doing some preprocessing before 
>> parsing the C program, you would need a full C grammar combined with a 
>> full C preprocessor, and maybe use the TokenStreamRewriter feature 
>> described in paragraphs Rewriting the Input Stream on page 54 and 
>> Accessing Hidden Channels on page 208 of the beta 3 book.
>> 
> 
> I have reached page 54 of the book (awesome book by the way), and had a 
> peek at page 208. If I want to implement a preprocessor using the 
> TokenStreamRewriter, I need the parser to call the listener when it 
> reaches a rule in the parser, which is impossible because there are no 
> preprocessor rules in the parser. So now I have to think about the other 
> parts of the answers that you offered.
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin
> 
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