[PIG-742] Spaces could be optional in Pig syntax

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: grunt
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Viraj Bhat
• Created: 01/Apr/09 00:19
• Updated: 10/Jul/10 00:18
• Resolved: 10/Jul/10 00:18

Description

The following Pig statements generate an error if there is no space between A and "="

A=load 'quf.txt' using PigStorage() as (q, u, f:long);

B = group A by (q);

C = foreach B {
        F = order A by f desc;
        generate F;
};
describe C;

dump C;

2009-03-31 17:14:15,959 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1000: Error during parsing. Encountered
" <PATH> "A=load "" at line 1, column 1.
Was expecting one of:
<EOF>
"cat" ...
"cd" ...
"cp" ...
"copyFromLocal" ...
"copyToLocal" ...
"dump" ...
"describe" ...
"aliases" ...
"explain" ...
"help" ...
"kill" ...
"ls" ...
"mv" ...
"mkdir" ...
"pwd" ...
"quit" ...
"register" ...
"rm" ...
"rmf" ...
"set" ...
"illustrate" ...
"run" ...
"exec" ...
"scriptDone" ...
"" ...
<EOL> ...
";" ...

It would be nice if the parser would not expect these space requirements between an alias and "="