and, yes, i'm probably mucking in things I shouldn't and I'm currently reworking it all on top of th...

# compiler

[evanchooly]

and, yes, i'm probably mucking in things I shouldn't and I'm currently reworking it all on top of the antlr4 grammars so I don't need to rely on compiler internals but I was hoping that with the plugins that the compiler offers there'd be a nicer way to do what I'm trying to do.

[rnett]

https://bnorm.medium.com/writing-your-second-kotlin-compiler-plugin-part-1-project-setup-7b05c7d93f6c is the closest I'm aware of

[evanchooly]

ah thanks. i remembered seeing similar articles a while back but lost track. i'll give it a look and see how much still applies. 🙂

[evanchooly]

ultimately i think a compiler plugin is what i want but it doesn't sound like that API will stabilize until 1.6ish

[evanchooly]

which is, as you're probably aware, not today. 😄

[bashor]

Also, take a look https://github.com/google/ksp

[evanchooly]

omg. i keep forgetting that's an option. i think last time i saw it was pre-done-baking and I thought "call me when it's done" and promptly forgot it. thanks. i think this will likely be the winner.

[evanchooly]

especially if I can keep using maven. i really dislike kotlin's gradle bias but oh well. i'm old. 😄

[udalov]

it doesn’t sound like that API will stabilize until 1.6ish

Technically there’s no compiler plugin API right now, you’re using compiler internals which are subject to change in any minor release. But we are planning to provide a public (and somewhat more stable) plugin API. Not in 1.6 though.

[evanchooly]

That's why I'm pivoting to antlr. The grammar is at least more stable in that regard