Antlr4 C++ target

Question

We're starting a project where we will need to parse python source files in a C++ application. I've used Antlr2 a while back to generate a few compilers, but this is the first time I'm using Antlr4.

It looks like the c++ antlr4 target is fairly active at https://github.com/antlr/antlr4-cpp

So, my question is basically what is the status of the Antlr4 C++ target, is it ready to start being used? To use the C++ target, what just grab the Antlr4 source, and copy the Antlr4-cpp into this tree and build?

Note, I don't need something that's absolutely stable and guaranteed never to change, just something thats basically stable enough to start being used, if there are small/moderate API changes in the future, thats perfectly fine, I understand that it looks fairly early.

If the antlr4-c++ target is NOT really ready, what parser generator would you recommend for generating a C++ target python parser?

thanks

Answer 1

The ANTLR4 C++ target is now ready for use: https://soft-gems.net/the-antlr4-c-target-is-here/. Only needs some minor organizational stuff and must be merged to main repo.

Answer 2

This repository has the latest source code for the ANTLR 4 C++ target.

https://github.com/antlr/antlr4-cpp

Here is a good discussion about the status of the target.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/antlr-discussion/HV2QpwwjtLg