[Laszlo-dev] error when compiling compiler/LzFormatter.lzs (it's a mixin)

[P T Withington]

Inner functions are definitely allowed, so we need to fix.

On Mar 5, 2008, at 20:58, Donald Anderson <dda at ddanderson.com> wrote:

> Here's a pretty minimal test case that still fails:
>
> mixin LzFormatter {
>   function formatToString (control, args) {
>     // ....
>     function getarg(i) {
>       // ....
>     }
>   }
> };
>
> One easy temp workaround out is probably to move the function outside
> the other function (might need to pass extra params depending on
> scoping of variables).
>
> I assume this is something we claim to allow?  If so, I'll fix, it's
> probably not too bad.
>
> - Don
>
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>
>> I added the file compiler/LzFormatter.lzs back into the LFC build  
>> for swf9, and it gives this compiler error
>> when trying to compile
>>
>> lzl:
>>      [echo] Compiling /Users/hqm/openlaszlo/devildog/lps/includes/ 
>> lfc/LFC9.swc
>>      [java] while compiling /Users/hqm/openlaszlo/devildog/WEB-INF/ 
>> lps/lfc/compiler/LzFormatter.lzs
>>      [java] while compiling /Users/hqm/openlaszlo/devildog/WEB-INF/ 
>> lps/lfc/compiler/Library.lzs
>>      [java] Exception compiling scriptfile: unexpected type at top  
>> level: ASTEmptyExpression
>>      [java] org.openlaszlo.sc.parser.ParseException: unexpected  
>> type at top level: ASTEmptyExpression
>>      [java]     at  
>> org.openlaszlo.sc.parser.ASTModifiedDefinition.verifyTopLevel 
>> (ASTModifiedDefinition.java:125)
>>      [java]     at  
>> org.openlaszlo.sc.SWF9Generator.visitModifiedDefinition 
>> (SWF9Generator.java:327)
>>      [java]     at org.openlaszlo.sc.CommonGenerator.visitStatement 
>> (CommonGenerator.java:795)
>>      [java]     at org.openlaszlo.sc.CommonGenerator.visitStatement 
>> (CommonGenerator.java:695)
>>
>> I haven't tried to cut this down to a smaller test case yet, just  
>> wondering if there is something obviously wrong with
>> the syntax in the file...
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Henry Minsky
>> Software Architect
>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Don Anderson
> Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>
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>
>
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