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From: Henry Minsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Constraint function generator
To: Donald Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think it would be cleaner if we just pass in an expression and get back an
array of dependencies.
Or more generally, if it could accept an arbitrary block of code and return
the dependencies, that might
be useful at some point in the future.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Donald Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Henry,
>
> I have the constraint function generator mostly ready.
>
> First question - do we need an option to compute meta references?
> That's apparently a compile time option, but I don't see when it's
> turned on.
>
> In my current version, I am accepting as arguments 1) the name of the
> original function,
> and 2) the source for the function, for the moment I expect the source
> to look just like what you are now generating.
>
> I am returning the source of a function with the name XXX_dependencies.
>
> For example, input source is this: (culled from where this string is
> made in NodeModel.java):
>
> ===
> function $base$2Fbasefocusview$2Elzx_282_41_x_always () {
> #pragma 'constraintFunction'
>
> #pragma 'withThis'
> this.setAttribute("x",
> #beginAttribute
>
> #file base/basefocusview.lzx
> #line 282
> -classroot.offset
> #endAttribute
> )}
> ===
>
> Output source is currently:
>
> ===
> /* -*- file: Compiler.substitute#-1.1 -*- */
> function $base$2Fbasefocusview$2Elzx_282_41_x_always_dependencies () {
> #pragma "warnUndefinedReferences=false";
> with (this) {
> return [classroot, "offset"]
> }}
> ===
>
> I'm thinking instead I could accept simply '-classroot.offset'
> and return just the text of the statements:
> with (this) {
> return [classroot, "offset"]
> }
>
> Then you could name the function whatever you want or
> use it as a function expression. Or I could return just the
> array (as an expression) like '[classroot, "offset"]' . It depends
> on how you plan to use it, vs. how much of the details you need to
> know.
>
> - Don
>
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> Don Anderson
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>
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>
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>
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