[tcljava-dev] Re: tjc runtime compiler

[Martti T. <ma...@da...>]

> From: Mo DeJong <md...@un...>

> A new runtime Tcl proc compiler API has been added to the CVS version of Jacl.
> This runtime compiler will take a Tcl procedure as input and generate Java
> byte code that will work the same way as the original Tcl proc. Previously,
> the TJC compiler only worked as a separate ahead of time compiler.
> 
Great work.

I have come up with a few minor problems running on a Linux system. I 
carried out the configure-make-install steps.

- jaclsh installed in /usr/local/bin requires the MINGW check to be 
commented out. Also the JACL_CLASSPATH doesn't include the java compiler 
janino.jar.

- jdk.cfg installed in /usr/local/bin uses ":" the linux path separator 
but only works if you change it to use the Windows path separator ";". 
Again janino.jar is missing.

- running the hello world example doesn't work in jaclsh unless you 
create a link to the janino.jar file in the current working directory
even after adding it to all the CLASSPATH's. It is installed in 
/usr/local/lib/tcljava1.3.2 by make install.

I was unable to get runtime compilation to work in an application 
because it can't find the janino.jar file. Maybe I am missing some step 
in the make procedure or some other PATH needs to be fixed up.

Cheers
-- 
Martti Tienhaara (ma...@da...)
DASH Software Ltd.