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Xuefu Zhang commented on PIG-1618:
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+1
Patch looks good.
> Switch to new parser generator technology
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> 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
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> Attachments: antlr-3.2.jar, javadoc.patch, NewParser-1.patch,
> NewParser-2.patch
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> 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.
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