Re: [PATCH 3/4] java: add support for lookahead correction

Hi Adrian,

Thanks for your answer!

> Le 2 nov. 2020 à 01:50, Adrian Vogelsgesang <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Akim,
> 
> nice to see that Java also gets LAC support :)

:)

> public ]b4_parser_class[(]b4_parse_param_decl([b4_lex_param_decl])[)]b4_maybe_throws([b4_init_throws])[
> {
> -]b4_percent_code_get([[init]])[
> - this.yylexer = new YYLexer (]b4_lex_param_call[);
> +]b4_percent_code_get([[init]])[]b4_lac_if([[
> + this.yylacStack = new Vector<Integer>();
> + this.yylacEstablished = false;]])[
> + this.yylexer = new YYLexer(]b4_lex_param_call[);
> ]b4_parse_param_cons[
> 
> 
>  
> Why do we place the user-provided init-code first?
> Does that mean, the user must not call any methoes which might depend on `yylexer`?
> Not sure if this actually matters, but I would put the user-provided init-code last, so that the rest of the class is already initialized…

It makes sense, I'll change that.  Thanks!

> + /// Logically, the yylacStack's lifetime is confined to the function
> + /// yylacCheck. We just store it as a member of this class to hold
> + /// on to the memory and to avoid frequent reallocations.
> + /// Since yylacCheck is const, this member must be mutable.
> 
> The  parts about “const” and “mutable” don’t really apply to Java…

Bummer, caught in flagrante copy-paste delicto...

Thanks, I'll this too :)