[squeak-dev] question on Parser>>pattern:inContext: and method:context:encoder:

stephane ducasse stephane.ducasse at free.fr
Fri Jun 27 06:42:41 UTC 2008


eliot

if you change the old compiler could publish the changes somewhere.
For the new compiler we want to have an interface with a context  
object instead of passing 5 or 6 rguments
all the time.

Stef

On Jun 26, 2008, at 2:54 AM, Eliot Miranda wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I noticed when merging the base and Tweak compilers that Andreas  
> wrote different versions of Parser>>method:context:encoder: and  
> Parser>>pattern:inContext: for the Tweak compiler (in CParser) that  
> "do the right thing".  His versions in CParser bind the arguments in  
> pattern:inContext: as each arg name is encountered.  The versions in  
> Parser bind the arguments in Parser>>method:context:encoder: all in  
> one go *after* pattern:inContext: has parsed all arguments.  This  
> means that if there is an error (e.g. use the same arg name twice)  
> the Parser methods insert the error at the wrong point since  
> prevMark is now always pointing to the last argument not necessarily  
> to the argument that is repeated.
>
> yes, you guessed it I just repeated an argument name and was  
> confused as hell for a while since the damn compiler pointed to the  
> error at the wrong place.
>
> So I clearly want to replace the methods in Parser with Andreas' mo'  
> betta ones in CParser.  The annoying question is why did anyone  
> change the original Parser methods to do the wrong thing in the  
> first place?  Until I know that I have a nagging doubt that I'm  
> missing something.
>
> I've gone through the update history up to version 3.6 and don't see  
> the new behaviour in Parser in any update there-in.  Anyone know why  
> this changed or can point me to where to look next?
>
> AdvThanksance
>
> Eliot
>




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