[GROOVY-4705] Compiler internals improvements collection task for Groovy 4

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 4.x
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 03/Mar/11 05:01
• Updated: 27/Jan/20 09:55

Description

This is a task to collect improvements to the internal structure of the compiler

Sub-Tasks

• allow cloning of the AST: Closed
• Have a transform save the AST to an external file or data structure: Open
• Better error messages when using Java's array init syntax: Closed
• Less than ideal error message when incorrectly trying to use optional parenthesis: Closed
• migrate to antlr3: Closed
• remove special script logic for creating a class node: Open