Hi Stephen, Can you post the exact compiler error? I also run my grammar in NetBeans 6.9.1, generated from antlrworks 1.4, but don't have any such problems. My generated parser is a bit smaller than yours though (about 8k lines), although it isn't immediately obvious to me why that would matter.
Stefik On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Stephen Winnall <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using Antlr 3.2 with Java 1.6.0_20 under Mac OS X 10.6.4. > > I have a composite grammar which generates AST trees. I can run and debug the > grammar from AntlrWorks 1.4 without any problem. > > However, my grammar is part of a larger project, which I am developing with > NetBeans 6.9.1 and Maven, using the antlr3-maven-plugin. When I try to build > my project, the grammar file gets translated into Java alright, but the > resultant Java parser file causes a "code too large" error. > > I don't understand why AntlrWorks can compile the grammar but NetBeans > cannot. Can anyone enlighten me? The generated parser file is 13756 lines > long and the "code too large" error under NetBeans appears on line 7204, so > there seems to be a fundamental difference in what NetBeans/Maven and > AntlrWorks are doing. > > I have tried to split the grammar into smaller bits to work round this > problem. I took some parser rules and put them into a different parser > grammar, which I imported into the main one. However, nearly all my parser > rules include "-> ^( ... )" to generate AST stuff. Antlr complains when it > sees a "^(" in the imported file. I have included "output=AST;" in the > options for the imported file. > > None of the examples of composite grammars that I have been able to find in > the net deal with AST output from the imported file. Is there some trick I > should be aware of? > > Regards > Steve > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest > Unsubscribe: > http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.
