| From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mike Aubury <mike(dot)aubury(at)aubit(dot)com>, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: automatic parser generation for ecpg |
| Date: | 2008-10-21 17:27:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20081021172722.GA28587@feivel.credativ.de |
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:45:11AM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > As against that ... does a2p produce code that is
> > readable/maintainable?
>
> Not that I've seen. There are modules on CPAN (I know, I know) for
> dealing with lexx and yacc, and those are probably better for the
> purpose.
Well I think it's at least readable. Problem with your approach is that both
Mike and I feel more comfortable with awk at the moment. If a2p produces a
working perl script, that doesn't seem to be a problem IMO as we could maintain
the awk script but deliver the perl version.
Michael
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