Re: Which parser to use to parse the gnu-smalltalk code

Sorry. A typo: I also noticed there was a class named RBProgramNodeVisitor,
Is there a way I can get the RBProgramNode from a given source file?

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Junsong Li <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks. Basically what I want is just a method that compile the .st file,
> give me the root node of the AST, then I can traverse the AST and print out
> each kind of expression. I have tried _various_ classes in STInST, none of
> them works. Here is what I got. There are basically Drivers and Parsers for
> parsing:
>
> 1. STParsingDriver <- STEvaluationDriver
> 2. RBParser <- STFileParser <- STFileInParser <- GSTFileInParser
>
> A simple executable expression to get a GSTFileInParser is
>
> (STInST.STParsingDriver new parseSmalltalkStream: 'Object subclass: Test [
> method [ ^1 ] ]' readStream
>   with: STInST.GSTFileInParser) parser
>
> Then I am stuck on getting AST out. It appears to having no methods to
> return the AST node.  Anything wrong with it?
>
> I also noticed there were a class named RBProgramNodeVisitor, Is there a
> way I can get the RBProgramNodeVisitor from a given source file?
>
> To answer your second question, yes, that's the error. Thanks for pointing
> out.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Holger Freyther <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > Can anyone point to me some resources about how to parse/traverse the
>> > gnu-smalltalk code? There are many Parsers in the STInST package.
>>
>> I assume you mean programatically? The Parser package of STInST is
>> the way to go. And the content in packages/sttools has an example on how
>> to use it.
>>
>>
>>
>> > I see two syntax forms in the the source directory. Code in the kernel/
>> can
>> > be used in gst, but some in tests/, like Compiler.st, have parsing
>> errors.
>> > What's going wrong here? Shouldn't gst support both syntax?
>>
>>
>> There is the standard “fileout” syntax of Smalltalk and the new GST
>> format to make it more pleasant to edit with standard unix tools. What
>> parse error do you get?
>>
>> There is a known issue in STInST that it fails to parse compile time
>> constants ##(2/3) (which will be evaluated at compile time).
>>
>> holger
>
>
>
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