Re: parser generator

Rich Ackerson wrote: 
Charles,

Two options come to mind depending upon your ultimate goal.  Obviously, you
have source code you want refactored.  If the modified code is your true end
goal and you don't really care how you get there, I can recommend a very
powerful grepping tool, PowerGrep (www.powergrep.com/), that will allow you
to search and modify your source files.  IMO, it is a rock solid product
with excellent support.

Thanks i'll check it out.

However, if you are actually looking for a utility to keep on hand for
future use and you want it to work in a very customize manner, developing a
utility is probably your best bet.  I believe you are a CodeRush user.  If
so, have you thought about writing a CodeRush plug-in?  CR has the ability
to parse your code, use regular expressions, insert and update lines of
code, etc.  Pretty much everything you would need.

HTH

Rich

You're right i could have tried CodeRush first, now I wish I had since I wasted a lot of time trying to make something work with CodeLens.

Still would like to see some more alternatives before jumping into the code again.
Thanks
.