[haXe] AS2Haxe Conversion Tool Update

[Ian Thomas]

Hi Scott,
  Sounds like a great tool.

  Just out of interest - you say you could use some help, but what
exactly for? What needs to be done? Have you got a ToDo list for the
tool somewhere?

  Can't promise anything immediately, but if you could give us some
idea of the task scope...

Ian

On 4/16/07, Scott Hyndman <scotty.hyndman at gmail.com> wrote:
> (If this is a dupe I apologize)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been really busy, but I've taken some time to work out a new
> version of this tool. The previous incarnation was based upon
> something else I wrote that really wasn't intended to parse code
> properly, so was very prone to error.
>
> I have moved to a parser model (based off of the work done by the guys
> on the ASDT project), which in effect compiles AS2 code into HaXe.
> This is far less error-prone, but also a bit trickier. The current
> version of the tool has some undesirable effects, like  stripping out
> comments (this *will* be fixed) and re-arranging the order of fields
> and methods in types.
>
> But I think we have the start of a great conversion tool, but at this
> point I could _REALLY_ use some help. The code is not very difficult
> to understand, and I would be happy to explain it in depth to anyone
> who was interested.
>
> If you want to check out the latest version, which comes with all
> dependencies and an example project to convert, download it from:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/actionscripttohaxe/downloads/list
>
> By the way, if anyone on the ASDT team is reading this, I'm perfectly
> willing to give up all the work I've done (ASANTLRParser does way
> more, improved visitor support, full DOM coverage). Also, I think I
> may in violation of your license right now (oops!), but I'd be happy
> to work that out.
>
> Scott
>
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