the Antlr site is not clear on the subject of compiling a grammar for C++, it says that the tool will generate C code compatible with C++, what dose it mean? will I be able to compile this code with VS 2008 ?
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VS 2008 has both C and C++ compiler (and C++ compiler can compile C code, this is what they meant), I don't think you'll have any problems.
They say: "C target as of release 3.1 is C++ compatible, compile .c files as C++. C+ classes will be provided as a separate library later in 2008."
Meaning it's C++ compatible.
Nikola Smiljanić
2009-12-06 14:16:14
but will ANTLR generate proper C++ code ?
Eli
2009-12-06 14:20:09
It will generate C code that is compilable with a C++ compiler
Patrick Daryll Glandien
2009-12-06 14:23:52
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C is mostly a subset of C++. But the generated C code should not go off the C++ beaten path, so will should be valid C++.
Visual Studio has a C/C++ compiler, as you are compiling the generated parser, you do not need to worry about the C/C++ distinction. Just compile the code as C++.
Simeon Pilgrim
2009-12-06 19:57:45
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The phrase "C code compatible with C++" means that the code generation targets the common subset of C and C++. Hence, it does not use the token class which has different meanings in C and C++, etctera. But it can use int and foo, where C and C++ agree.
As a result, the code generated can be compiled by both C and C++ compilers. Visual Studio contains both (via /TC and /TP flags) so you could use either mode.
MSalters
2009-12-07 11:27:27