Re: [UNSURE]Re: [UNSURE]Re: [ANN] lua-CodeGen 0.1.0

[Alejandro Mery <amery@...>]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 15:46, François Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org> wrote:
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> 2010/9/9 Alejandro Mery <amery@geeks.cl>
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>> On 09/09/10 14:57, François Perrad wrote:
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>>> lua-CodeGen 0.2.0 was released with the syntax ${dependencies/_depend()}
>>> and some minor improvements.
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>> so compatibility with ST is no longer a goal?
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> The compatibility with ST (www.stringtemplate.org) was never a goal.
> lua-CodeGen is minimalist compared to ST; less than 250 LoC and no external
> dependency.
> lua-CodeGen is not a Lua port of ST. Many features are missing.
> lua-CodeGen is based on T. Parr's papers (the author of ST),
> and borrows or not some syntax/notation defined in these papers.
> I try to define a syntax which the standard Lua regex could parse.

i see, all clear now, thanks :-)