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Thejas M Nair commented on PIG-1618: ------------------------------------ Unit tests have passed with javadoc.patch . The javadoc warnings were caused by absence of antlr jar in javadoc classpath - {code} [exec] [javadoc] Constructing Javadoc information... [exec] [javadoc] /tmp/patchtestthejas/trunk/src/org/apache/pig/parser/QueryParserFileStream.java:23: package org.antlr.runtime does not exist [exec] [javadoc] import org.antlr.runtime.ANTLRFileStream; [exec] [javadoc] ^ [exec] [javadoc] /tmp/patchtestthejas/trunk/src/org/apache/pig/parser/QueryParserFileStream.java:29: cannot find symbol [exec] [javadoc] symbol: class ANTLRFileStream [exec] [javadoc] public class QueryParserFileStream extends ANTLRFileStream { [exec] [javadoc] ^ {code} > Switch to new parser generator technology > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: PIG-1618 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1618 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 0.8.0 > Reporter: Alan Gates > Assignee: Xuefu Zhang > Fix For: 0.9.0 > > Attachments: antlr-3.2.jar, javadoc.patch, NewParser-1.patch, > NewParser-2.patch > > > There are many bugs in Pig related to the parser, particularly to bad error > messages. After review of Java CC we feel these will be difficult to address > using that tool. Also, the .jjt files used by JavaCC are hard to understand > and maintain. > ANTLR is being reviewed as the most likely choice to move to, but other > parsers will be reviewed as well. > This JIRA will act as an umbrella issue for other parser issues. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.