Ah, I thought there was some place they were using another parser generator, but in the case of Antlr grammar already there, have at it.
Paul Irwin Lead Software Engineer feature[23] Email: [email protected] Cell: 863-698-9294 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Itamar Syn-Hershko <[email protected]> wrote: > They are using Antlr for generating the Java bits there anyway.. > > -- > > Itamar Syn-Hershko > http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> > Freelance Developer & Consultant > Author of RavenDB in Action <http://manning.com/synhershko/> > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Paul Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd caution against reinventing the wheel on the parsing right now. It > may > > be a faster path to just convert the generated java parsers into C# using > > an automated tool, as I did on my earlier Lucene 4.3 porting so I can > > attest to it. I was able to validate that they parsed correctly and even > > used that ported code in a production app. Rewriting a parser may not be > > the best use of time right now -- although I can certainly see the value > in > > doing so later on. > > > > You can use my little utility to convert the syntax of entire files at > > once: https://github.com/paulirwin/javatocsharp > > > > > > Paul Irwin > > Lead Software Engineer > > feature[23] > > > > Email: [email protected] > > Cell: 863-698-9294 > > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Hakeem Mohammed <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Itamar and Laimonas. I appreciate the details and glad to help > . I > > > got started on Expressions and half way there. I'm using Antlr 4.3 for > > the > > > parsing. Please let me know if that is what y'all were planning to use > > > anyway. I'll get to the index tests in core after that > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Itamar Syn-Hershko <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Hakeem, welcome on board! > > > > > > > > Laimonas's response is spot on, let us know if you have any further > > > > questions. > > > > > > > > I personally don't have any preference - once we get to 0 test > failures > > > in > > > > the core we will concentrate on finishing porting the rest of the > > > > sub-projects (Analysis.Common, Codecs, Suggest) with all their tests, > > and > > > > then porting more sub-projects. > > > > > > > > So I guess pick whatever you think you'd enjoy most, just make sure > to > > > keep > > > > us in the loop! > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Itamar Syn-Hershko > > > > http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> > > > > Freelance Developer & Consultant > > > > Author of RavenDB in Action <http://manning.com/synhershko/> > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Hakeem Mohammed < > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I just joined this group and looking to offer some help in updating > > > > Lucene > > > > > to 4.8. I briefly skimmed thru but could not find any items related > > to > > > > the > > > > > 4.x work. I'd very much appreciate it if someone can let me know > the > > > > > process for picking up items to work on. I spent a couple weeks > > > updating > > > > an > > > > > outdated branch of Lucene, so trying to avoid that mistake again :) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
