[antlr-interest] adding "version" option to ANTLR grammars

[Terence Parr]

That is an interesting idea. I am cc'ing the  interest list. sorry for  
the long delay.

I take it that you are suggesting the following

grammar T;
options {
	language = ...;
	version = "3.1.1";
}

Ter
On Nov 29, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Johannes Luber wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Thinking about the upcoming dialects of ANTLR grammars (one for each
> version, which aren't totally upwardscompatible), I had this idea.  
> Would
> it make sense to make an option named "version" mandatory, which  
> simply
> records the used ANTLR version for writing. It's mandatory because
> people don't seem ever to write a comment explaining the requirements
> (myself included ;). It makes easier for people to diagnose problems
> with a third-party grammar.
>
> Johannes