[antlr-interest] Should there be 2 antlr jar files for java version

[Scott Stanchfield]

I took a stab last week at separate jars for 2.7.6.

I separated them into

antlr.jar            - everything
antlr-no-debug.jar   - everything (without java debug symbols)
antlr-rt-all.jar     - all non-build-time classes
antlr-rt-parser.jar  - just the parts needed to run a parser (no ASTs)
antlr-rt-scanner.jar - just the parts needed to run a scanner+parser (no
ASTs) 

Size-wise they came out at:
464k  antlr.jar
325k  antlr-no-debug.jar
58k   antlr-rt-all.jar
36k   antlr-rt-parser.jar
45k   antlr-rt-scanner.jar

Any suggestions on what to keep? Is the 58k vs. 36k important enough to have
a separate parser-only jar? Or is 58k small enough?

Later,
-- Scott


> -----Original Message-----
> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org 
> [mailto:antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Prashant Deva
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:27 AM
> To: antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: [antlr-interest] Should there be 2 antlr jar files 
> for java version
> 
> Currently we have just one jar file for antlr containing all 
> the codegen stuff and the code required to run the generated scanners.
> 
> So anyone who generates a parser using antlr has to 
> incorporate that single jar into his apps.
> 
> How about having a separate jar(for the java version) which 
> contains only the code required for running the lexer/parser 
> without all the codegen stuff. this will be lighter for 
> everyone to distribute.
> 
> I believe all the other languages c++/c# already have a 
> smaller lib which contains only the required stuff. So i dont 
> see why we don't do the same for the java version.
> 
> PRASHANT
>