On Jul 9, 9:32 am, Glenn Boysko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Norris:
>
> > The new AST work is in progress and I'm expecting to get a code drop
> > in a week or two, and then it's just up to me to review and commit to
> > CVS. Then we have the release process for 1.7R2. So I'd say a month at
> > the earliest, although once it's in CVS you can use it unreleased.
>
> Can you elaborate on any of the changes specifically? Does it make it
> easier for tools to parse JS without compiling it to Java? Are you
> using the same Tokens, but structured in trees differently? Newer
> tokens?
>
> Any insight you can provide would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn

Yes, there will be an API to parse JavaScript and get back an Abstract
Syntax Tree (AST) without compiling to Java or executing. There will
be a new set of classes that describe the JavaScript source. I haven't
seen any of the code yet, so I can't provide any more detail...

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