[antlr-interest] C# TARGET ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Terence Parr]

New build is http://www.antlr.org/download/build/ 
antlr-2008-04-08.17.tar.gz which includes Johannes' C# updates.
Ter
On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Johannes Luber wrote:

> Hi!
>
> It's time to give you all an update how the C# target will evolve to.
>
> The general direction is that I will phase out support for C# 1.0  
> for ANTLR 3.3, if nothing major comes up (meaning that a user can't  
> update to .NET 2). I want to split the runtime library into two, so  
> I can use generics and other stuff.
>
> Because of these major changes, I want to have at least one minor  
> ANTLR version as a testbed. As I didn't find the time to do those  
> changes for 3.1, the testbed will be 3.2. The reason for this early  
> announcement is that a bugfix requires the use of a C# 2.0 feature.
>
> If you want to use a non-intrinsic value type then you have to use  
> the new target CSharp2 or to change the template yourself (for all  
> installations). While the runtime library will work for both  
> targets, if you want to (and can) futureproof your application then  
> change the target as soon as possible.
>
> I'm also happy to release the beta 1 for the 3.1 C# target: It is  
> synced with the latest Java changes and compiles all example  
> grammars successfully. While the changes have been checked in,  
> there may no intermediate build available yet which includes the  
> changes. This depends on Ter.
>
> Changes include:
>
> - Following Java target evolution.
>
> - Changed lowercase signatures into uppercase so the runtime  
> conforms more to C# conventions. For example, $a.tree in grammar,  
> but a.Tree in code. $-syntax is not affected although the  
> exceptions compared to Java target will be probably removed (if I  
> find the source that is). See for  further info on that issue the  
> wiki. Changes in runtime library may have broken things beyond  
> simply renaming and converting references.
>
> - Broke the IToken dependency for Token, as this didn't make any  
> sense compared to the Java target. If you derive your class from  
> Token or use Token as Type, please change that into IToken.
>
> - Bug fixes.
>
> - No binaries for .Net 1.1 created yet. It is on my todo list.
>
> Please send bug reports to this list. In case I've been notified of  
> this bug already please refrain from reposting until beta 2. I am  
> still working on those and if I've lost one you will find it out  
> soon enough.
>
> Johannes