Keep in mind that Adobe hopes to contribute Falcon at some later point in time which seems to have a much cleaner code base to work from. Although it isn't available now. Also keep in mind that the compiler source may not be in the first drop to Apache.
On 1/4/12 2:45 PM, "Jonathan Campos" <jonbcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Go for it > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Schmalle <m...@teotigraphix.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I do not have a lot of experience with the actual compiler and asdoc tool >> but that has not stopped me from having fun with parsers and AST. :) >> >> I am wondering if there is any interest in creating some apis in the >> compiler that jive with the asdoc tool(modifying the asdoc tool). I'm going >> to be looking into the source code of this tomorrow so I will have a clear >> understanding of what the work would be. >> >> My idea is this; If we could allow public api in both tools that expose >> themselves through java it would allow 3rd party developers and >> applications that could be made to enhance the documentation process >> through formatters and asdoc editor applications. >> >> This a highlevel idea but I have already written such an application using >> the jasblocks and asblocks AST framework, that are used to create a user >> interface into creating asdoc comments and such through visual editing of >> descriptions and tags. >> >> No more typing /** ... */ is what I mean, the editor using the AST >> reinserts the comment using tokens. >> >> I have found taking the actual documentation process out of the IDE's code >> view allows for better documentation and actual revelation that creating >> great docs can be fun. >> >> Any interest? >> >> Mike >> >> >> > -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
