[Newcompiler] SmaCC question -- does Test pane work forSqueakParser/SqueakScanner?

[Andrew Tween]

Hi Doug,
It is trying to parse a method (rather than an expression).
So enter, for example,

    test ^3 + 4

in the test pane, and it should parse ok.
Cheers,
Andy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Way" <dway at mailcan.com>
To: "The New Compiler, AST, IRBuilder,Closures..."
<newcompiler at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:06 AM
Subject: [Newcompiler] SmaCC question -- does Test pane work
forSqueakParser/SqueakScanner?


> Hi all.  I'm playing around with the NewCompiler, mainly just at the
> AST level, with SmaCC (Dev), and trying to fiddle with alternate
> syntaxes.
>
> Question:  I went through the SmaCC tutorial successfully.  However,
> if I try to load the NewCompiler (SqueakScanner/SqueakParser) classes
> into SmaCC and use the "Test" pane to test the parsing (for example
> "3 + 4"), I always get a parsing error (Token not expected).  Same
> with some of the other parsers such as the JavaParser.  However, the
> Test pane parsing works for the simple CalculatorParser from the
> tutorial.
>
> Any ideas?  It will be kind of a pain to play around with SmaCC if I
> can't use the Test pane to test the changes.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Start up a fresh Squeak3.9-RC3-7066 image
> - Open SqueakMap & install in this order:
>    - Refactoring Engine v 20
>    - SmaCCDev v 5  (from squeaksource)
>    - AST v 88
>    - NewCompiler v 117
> - In SmaCC window, follow the first part of the tutorial and create
> the CalculatorScanner/Parser
> - In the Test tab, enter "3 + 4" and Parse... this parses successfully
> - Back in the Compile tab, select SqueakScanner/Parser classes (or
> JavaScanner/Parser)
> - In the Test tab, enter "3 + 4" and Parse... error:
> "SmaCCParserError: Token not expected->"
>
>
> - Doug
>
> p.s. On a separate note, Goran gave me co-maintainer access to the
> "SqueakMap2 base" package, and I've published a new version (1.23)
> which fixes a bunch of display problems in the SqueakMap package loader.
>
>