Hello everyone,
I'm seeking comments about a script I'll be releasing on CPAN soon.
generator_generator - given a grammar, generates a C++ string generator
generate_generator generates a C++ program that generates all strings of the format specified by the input grammar. The resulting generator generates strings of the user-specified length. The input file format is very similar to the normal YACC and LEX input files. This program is designed to create a fast program for computing the "exhaustive initial segment" of inputs for testing of another program.
I've tried very hard to make it easy to use, but it's still fragile due to the complexity and system-dependent nature of it. I hope to test on a wider set of platforms to make it more robust. You can get it here if you want to take a look:
http://www.coppit.org/temp/generator_generator-1.01.tar.gz
The TODO file contains the beginnings of a tutorial, which I need to write. I also need to update the documentation. I'll finish all that before releasing the script publicly. If you want to try it out out-of-the-box (after running "perl Makefile.PL"):
./generator_generator -fm -u in*tree grammars/f*.yg grammars/f*.lg ./output/progs/generate 12
to generate fault trees of length 13, and:
./generator_generator -fm -u in*ion grammars/l*.yg grammars/l*.lg ./output/progs/generate 4
to generate logical expressions of length 8.
I need comments on the following:
- I really don't like the name. Anyone have a better one? - I'm not really sure how to explain it succinctly. The above blurb is quite bad. Can anyone suggest a better description? - I need to install templates and other non-module code on the system. Should I use the generator_generator:: namespace? (Anyone know how to do installation of non-module files with Module::Install?) - Is it best to write the tutorial up in POD, and embed it in an otherwise empty module? (I think Inline does this.) - I need to distribute some example files. Is there a standard directory like "eg" or "ex"? If I choose "examples" will that break anything? - Should I install examle files on the system?
If you happen to try it out, please let me know.
Regards, David
_____________________________________________________________________ David Coppit [EMAIL PROTECTED] The College of William and Mary http://coppit.org/
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