Re: Verrazano/CFFI R.I.P.?


"Kenny Tilton" <NOktiltonSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
> Just started working on a C to Lisp translator, using Antlr.
[...]
> Or know a better way than Antlr? gcc_xml does not do function bodies.

Do it in Lisp. Juliusz Chroboczek has written cl-yacc and a C parser in Lisp just for
that:

Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>Well, I wrote CL-Yacc exactly for that reason -- I needed to parse C.
>I've ripped out the lexer, parser and pretty-printer from my current
>development sources and put them on
>
> http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/files/cpc-parser-20050411.tar.gz

That link does not work anymore but you can ask Juliusz Chroboczek for a recent version.
(IIRC I have a copy somewhere)

>You are welcome to use this code in any way you see fit. I would
>appreciate it, however, if you could make sure to credit me as the
>original author in the documentation of any software that uses these
>sources.
>
>And Steven H. is right -- parsing C is a pain.
>
>This is most definitely work in progress; while a variant of this code
>has successfully parsed a few thousands lines of C, it is known to be
>incomplete and buggy. Of course, I'm interested in any fixes you may
>want to send me.

Marc


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