[antlr-interest] ANTLR v2,v3

[Anders Karlsson]

>  --------------------
>  FROM: Johannes Luber <jaluber at gmx.de>
>  TO: Anders Karlsson <anders at globe-trotter.us>
>  DATE: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:08:35 +0200
>  SUBJECT: Re: [antlr-interest] ANTLR v2,v3
>  
>  Anders Karlsson schrieb:
>  > Hi
>  >
>  > Is there a detailed list with grammar changes from v2 to v3. I have one
>  big 140K v2 grammar to convert and I am really struggling so it would help
>  with such a list. I have the book ANTLR3 ref however there seems to be no
>  helpful summary with the changes. e.g. in v2 you can write a:'t' to get an
>  alias for 't' in v3 you have to write a='t' (if even true).
>  
>  Does <[LINK: http://www.antlr.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=719]
>  http://www.antlr.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=719> help?
>  >
>  > I am not so familiar with the v2 grammar and was hoping not having to
>  learn that dialect first when converting.
>  >
>  > Running the v2v3 just doesn't do it. The original grammar contains lots
>  of sprinkled in C++ code and generates its own AST tree.
>  >
>  > I have also noticed that the ANTRLWorks1.1.7 crashes when the grammar
>  is big, it suddenly stops updating the screen. Is this a known problem? It
>  happens when I do "Generate code".
>  
>  I noticed this behaviour myself, but Jean couldn't reproduce it, I
>  believe. Send him a bug report with the grammar and generate the grammar
>  on the command line.
>  
>  Johannes

Vielen dank for the link Johannes, yes that helped!

BR/Anders.