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Alex Rovner commented on PIG-1618: ---------------------------------- As of now when I import pig-trunk into eclipse I get the following error: Project 'pig-trunk' is missing required library: 'lib/antlr-3.2.jar' pig-trunk Build path Build Path Problem >From what I understand it has to do with PIG project switching over to antlr >but no dependency has been define in ivy? > 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: NewParser-1.patch, NewParser-10.patch, > NewParser-11.patch, NewParser-12.patch, NewParser-13.2.patch, > NewParser-13.patch, NewParser-14.patch, NewParser-15.patch, > NewParser-18.patch, NewParser-19.3.patch, NewParser-19.patch, > NewParser-2.patch, NewParser-21.patch, NewParser-22.patch, > NewParser-23.2.patch, NewParser-23.patch, NewParser-24.patch, > NewParser-3.patch, NewParser-3.patch, NewParser-4.patch, NewParser-5.patch, > NewParser-6.patch, NewParser-7.patch, NewParser-8.patches, NewParser-9.patch, > antlr-3.2.jar, javadoc.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. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira