[haXe] AS2Haxe Conversion Tool Update

[Scott Hyndman]

I added some issues on Google Code.

http://code.google.com/p/actionscripttohaxe/issues/list

Scott

On 17/04/07, Ian Thomas <ian at eirias.net> wrote:
> 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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> > http://haxe.org
> >
>
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