On Thursday, October 14, 2010 15:47:28 Andrej Mitrovic wrote: > Hey, > > I've been looking for a D2 parser.. there seems to be a few D1 lexers, > parsers, and even some minimal semantic analysis tools but I can't find > much of anything for D2. Perhaps Goldie will be D2 compatible some day > soon. :) > > There's a "CodeAnalyzer" lexer/parser with some minimal semantics, but it's > D1 only and kind of dead for some years. The Poseidon author added some D2 > support for it in his editor, so I have kept an eye on that. But > interfacing with D1 code from D2 is kind of complicated, and I need to use > it from D2. (I guess I could get away with writing a DLL with a simple > interface for D2 or something..). > > I had a visit on the prowiki site and most of the parser projects there are > either D1-only or dead. So is there anything usable for D2? Specifically I > need these tools for use with an editor/IDE, which is something I'm > working on for fun atm. But working on a parser is probably a ton of work, > + the whole thing screams NIH to me. Luckily enough I don't have to > reinvent a GUI and an editing control, there's DFL and Scintilla which are > pretty awesome for my needs. > > Maybe I should take a look at how Descent/DDT and VisualD do their > parsing.. :)
It has periodically been suggested that a parser for D be put in Phobos, but that obviously hasn't been done yet. There is obviously some level of need for it though. And if an appropriate parsere _were_ put into Phobos, then at least it would be standard. - Jonathan M Davis
