[antlr-interest] How to do preprocessing in antlr v4?

[Martin d'Anjou]

On 12-11-18 09:51 AM, Bernard Kaiflin wrote:
>
> Having said that, if your need is doing some preprocessing before 
> parsing the C program, you would need a full C grammar combined with a 
> full C preprocessor, and maybe use the TokenStreamRewriter feature 
> described in paragraphs Rewriting the Input Stream on page 54 and 
> Accessing Hidden Channels on page 208 of the beta 3 book.
>

I have reached page 54 of the book (awesome book by the way), and had a 
peek at page 208. If I want to implement a preprocessor using the 
TokenStreamRewriter, I need the parser to call the listener when it 
reaches a rule in the parser, which is impossible because there are no 
preprocessor rules in the parser. So now I have to think about the other 
parts of the answers that you offered.

Thanks,
Martin