[antlr-interest] grammar checking/compilation fails on Windows but not on Linux

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

Filipe David Manana wrote:
> What do you mean with -X flag conversiontimeout?

Try java org.antlr.Tool -X

Or replace that with however you normally run the tool, remove any 
input/output options, and add -X - but it's an argument to the tool, 
*not* to Java itself.

Sam

> 2009/3/25 Jim Idle <jimi at temporal-wave.com <mailto:jimi at temporal-wave.com>>
> 
>     Sam Barnett-Cormack wrote:
>>     Filipe David Manana wrote:
>>       
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I am facing here something weird.
>>>
>>>     I have a grammar which compiles fine under Linux (Ubuntu 64 bits, 4GB 
>>>     ram) and passes the grammar checking performed by AntlrWorks. (not even 
>>>     a single warning)
>>>
>>>     On a Windows XP machine (32bits, 3GB ram) both the compilation and 
>>>     checking fail.
>>>
>>>     The grammar file is accessible from 
>>>     http://code.google.com/p/jsdet/source/browse/trunk/src/grammars/JavaScript.g
>>>
>>>     Can somebody tell me if passes on his/her AntlrWorks checking feature?
>>>         
>>       
>     You probably need to set the -X flag conversiontimeout to a higher
>     value for your slower machine. The value is an elapsed time because
>     the JREs don't allow (or didn't earlier) a measurement of CPU used
>     time. Hence on slower machines, a grammar that analyzes correctly on
>     a fast machine can bail out on a slow system.
> 
>     Jim
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