> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to port SmaCC to 2.0

Cool can you publish it in PharoExtras?
I would like to have it there + a wonderful set of tests automatically 
triggered on a nice integration server :)


> and I'm looking for the equivalent to SystemChangeNotifier>>doSilently:. Is 
> it SystemAnnouncer>>suspendAllWhile:?
> 
> (doSilently: is used in SmaCC tests).
> 
> 
> There is also a nice #valueWithoutNotifications  in BlockClosure.
> 
> BTW, does it make sense to port SmaCC? 

faster 
more compact 
> Which use case do you have in which you prefer SmaCC over say PetitParse?
> I took a look few weeks ago to something done in SmaCC and it was full of 
> ugly unmaintainable class side tables…..

you do not have to read the assembly code of your Smalltalk programs. :)

Smacc represents the traditional way to build parser and it is important to 
also have it around and kicking.

Stef

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