[Leo-main] Re: Untangle is fragile
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From: Zak G. <za...@nu...> - 2000-03-29 21:51:55
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> >@comment tags that match the default for Leo are not parsed properly for > >untangle operations. > > I'm not surprised. Groan. > > I would be surprised if Untangle worked well with any language other > than C/C++ at this point. However, your detailed bug reports are most > welcome. Perhaps I should try and work up a test template. Each primary node in the template could focus on one particular language. Hopefully, this should help make the debugging process a bit easier. > Untangle is the "soft underbelly" of Leo right now. > When I post (or upload) the developers documentation you will see > why I'm not gung-ho to get involved in this morass. > But it has to be done; Leo is much less useful without a really robust > Untangle that works for all languages. > > I suspect the problems involve assumptions that various parts of > Untangle make about comment delimiters. This is going to take awhile... I can only imagine the difficulties in building a robust parser for this kind of situation... there are so many nasty possibilities. If you want to send me the code for the untangle functions, I can convert them to a language that I am more comfortable with and try to lend a hand. However, I would guess that this would be more of a learning experience for me, rather than help for you ; ) Thankfully, many languages use C comments... > Thanks again for your good work. Glad to help! Almost all of my important development tools are open source - it is really time for me to start giving back to the community... Ciao, Zak Greant Creative Director Nucleus Information Service Inc. (403) 209-0000 http://www.nucleus.com/ za...@nu... |