[antlr-interest] ANTLR generated C (not C++), anyone??

[matthew ford]

I vote for C target output as well, using longjmp's for exception handling.

matthew
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From: "Ric Klaren" <klaren at cs.utwente.nl>
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Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] ANTLR generated C (not C++), anyone??


> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 07:46:32AM -0700, Bryan Ewbank wrote:
> > I'm evaluating ANTLR as a replacement for lex, yacc, and several
> > thousand lines of source code in a legacy system.  The key problem is
> > that ANTLR generates C++ code - not C - and there doesn't seem to be
> > a clear way for C to interface neatly with C++.
>
> It will probably be a horror to try and do that.
>
> > So, is anyone working on (or know of work on) an ANTLR that generates
> > POCC (plain old C code) for us poor folks that have substantial
> > embedded bases?
>
> ANTLR 3 will probably support C as target language (Terence mentioned
using
> plain C as a target to verify codegen for non exception supporting
> langauges). ANTLR 3 will probably not see daylight till end this year
> though.
>
> > Please don't suggest recompiling everything with G++; it simply won't
> > happen in my lifetime due to the hackish nature of the code, as well
> > as the possibility of increasingly complex code.
>
> I'll do the other evil ;) Write a codegenerator for C in ANTLR 2 ;) But
> seriously if you have the time and wager on antlr 3 coming out this year
> then it's probably an option. If you want to spent time/effort it can be
an
> option to write a minimalistic codegenerator/support lib for C. It also
> depends a bit on what kindoff lex/yacc features (lexer states and such)
you
> use wether switching to ANTLR is easy or difficult. Another important
> factor is the language you want to parse. Some things are a little bit
> harder (or less efficient) to tackle in a LL(k) world.
>
> I guess I'd try and see if converting the grammar to antlr would be
> feasible and then decide on which way to go. But I guess there's easier
> solutions out there (PCCTS maybe (think it targetted C too)?).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ric
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